The Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council
Community Board 8's Economic Development Committee will be holding its monthly meeting to review applications from local bars and restaurants for new liquor licenses, renewal of existing licenses and extension of licenses to permit alcohol to be served in rear yards. On the agenda this month are 10 renewals or new applications for businesses in Prospect Heights. While the State Liquor Authority makes the final determination, input from the community board can help shape guidelines as to how these businesses operate in order to preserve the quality of life for residents in the community.
Input from the community board is also significant in cases where a bar or restaurant is subject to the 500 foot rule, which restricts the approval of full liquor licenses if the location is within a 500 foot radius of three other businesses with full liquor licenses. In those cases, the presumption is that the SLA will not grant a license unless it can be demonstrated that it is in the public interest to do so. In addition to the community board's recommendation, a public hearing is required to make a determination for these applications. The public hearing agenda can be found on the State Liquor Authority's website.
The meeting will take place at 6:30 PM at the Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, 727 Classon Avenue, Brooklyn, NY (between Park and Prospect).
The Prospect Heights area applications are below:
Property Owners are “Rolling Up the Gates” for Fulton Street and Washington Avenue Storefront Stroll!
Pratt Area Community Council (PACC)’s Economic Development Department collaborates with Washington Avenue-Prospect Heights Association (WAPHA) and Heart of Brooklyn (HOB) to showcase approximately 25 available storefronts in Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Bedford Stuyvesant and Prospect Heights at the “Rolling Up the Gates” (RUG) Storefront Stroll on Saturday, February 25th.
Just as finding an apartment in New York City can be tricky, so too is locating the perfect retail space. “Each RUG Storefront Stroll is an exciting opportunity to combine our efforts with other organizations to assist local entrepreneurs by showcasing our community’s primary commercial corridors,” said PACC’s Director of Economic Development Dale Charles. The RUG Storefront Stroll will showcase vacant commercial spaces on Fulton Street, Bedford Avenue, Grand Avenue, Bergen Street, and Washington Avenue along two thriving corridors – Fulton Street between Flatbush and Bedford Avenues and Washington Avenue between Atlantic Avenue and Eastern Parkway. These corridors are home to the Fulton Area Business (FAB) Alliance, Bed-Stuy Gateway BID and Washington Avenue-Prospect Heights Association (WAPHA).
In addition to simplifying entrepreneurs’ search for retail space while providing property owners with a means of cooperatively advertising their available commercial spaces, the event’ s program is designed to help attract new businesses to central Fulton Street and Washington Avenue. Ms. Charles states, “with each successful RUG Storefront Stroll, we also hope to help reduce the vacancy rates of participating organizations in our commercial corridors and to help create a local and thriving retail area that reminds neighborhood residents to shop local.” Dana Ottey, President of the Washington Avenue-Prospect Heights Association (WAPHA) and owner of AweDacity boutique agrees. Ms. Ottey states, “we are very excited to enhance business development along Washington Avenue. In keeping with the Shop Local campaign, we support local entrepreneurs and help attract prospective tenants to the emerging corridor.”
The free event will be held at the PACC office on 896-900 Fulton Street between Waverly and Washington Avenues and will begin at 9:00 A.M sharp with a welcome breakfast reception where numerous financial institutions and business resource organizations will enlighten entrepreneurs of the various business resources and services available to them. The breakfast reception is to be followed by a ride on “Molly the Trolley” for a guided tour of the available commercial spaces. At each of the available commercial spaces perspective tenants’ questions will be answered. Tour packets with a listing of available commercial spaces, maps and information on the advantages of owning a local business will be available only at the event.
For more information or to register for this event please call (347) 825-5700 x25 or email dale_charles@prattarea.org.
Community Board 8's Economic Development Committee will be reviewing a number of new applications and renewals of liquor licenses in Prospect Heights. Community members will have an opportunity to share their concerns.
Discussion of the following new liquor license applications:
Discussion of the following renewal liquor license applications:
Request for 30-day waiver for Chuko LLC, 552 Vanderbilt Avenue (Dean/Bergen). Applicant met before the committee in March 2011.
Community Board 8's Economic Development Committee will be reviewing a number of new applications and renewals of liquor licenses in Prospect Heights. Community members will have an opportunity to share their concerns.
Say hello to Santa as he makes his way up and down North Flatbush Avenue!
The North Flatbush BID wishes all of its friends and neighbors a happy and healthy holiday season.
For more information, call (718) 783-1685 or email info@nfbid.com.
This Tuesday, November 8, Community Board 8's Economic Development Committee will be reviewing a number of new applications and renewals of liquor licenses in Prospect Heights. Community members will have an opportunity to share their concerns.
The meeting will take place on Tuesday, November 8 at 6:30 PM at the Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, 727 Classon Avenue, Brooklyn, NY (between Park and Prospect).
A. New liquor license applications:
B. Renewal liquor license applications
C. Sidewalk Café renewal