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Overview
How to contact the Community Board Office?
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Community Board 16's building at 444 Thomas S. Boyland Street is currently under construction. Our office remains open for business, and we are working remotely. Please scan and email all documents to the attention of District Manager Sydone Thompson. We will respond in a timely manner.
- Contact us via email: BK16@cb.nyc.gov
- Contact us via telephone: (718) 385-0323/0324
- The office is open Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. We are closed for all federal holidays.
- Our monthly in-person meeting is normally held on the fourth Tuesday at Mount Ollie Baptist Church (1698 St. Marks Avenue, Brooklyn, NY) and via Webex.
STAFF
Sydone ThompsonDistrict Manager(718) 385-0324Hawa BarryCommunity Assistant(718)385-0323
Role of the Community Board
Functions of the community board includes:
- Public hearings and reports to the City Planning Commission as the first step in the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) for reaching decisions on local zoning, City map changes, capital project site selection, franchises, acquisitions and disposition of City property and other matters.
- Public hearings and reports to the City Planning Commission on comprehensive plans involving the district.
- Public hearings and reports to the Board of Standards and Appeals on zoning variances and certain special permits.
- Consultation with City agencies in the development of their departmental estimates of the expense and capital budgets and capital programs.
- Consultation with the Borough Board in the development of borough projects.
- Public Hearings and recommendations to the City Council and Mayor on the departmental estimates.
- Monitoring the performance of City service agencies in the district.
- Reviewing and advising on the scopes, designs and progress of capital projects.
- Providing an information and complaint services center.
- Assisting City departments and agencies in making contact with and transmitting information to the residents of the district.