New York Police Department’s 76th Precinct’s Community Affairs Bureau shares the following with all area residents…
Multiple road closures are now in effect due to the impact of the hurricane.
* The following bridges are now closed: Henry Hudson, Throgs Neck, Bronx-Whitestone, Verrazano Narrows, Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges, Cross Bay Veterans Memorial, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Williamsburg, Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial, Ed Koch Queensboro (59th St), Outerbridge Crossing, Bayonne, Tappan Zee and George Washington bridges.
* The following tunnels are closed: Holland and the Hugh Carey (Battery Tunnel). The FDR Drive is closed from East 155 Street to the Battery. Multiple other road and bridge closures can occur at any time due to impending storm conditions.

Alternate Side Parking regulations (street cleaning) and payment at parking meters is suspended throughout the city thru Tuesday 10/30. You may call 311 to report downed trees. Power outages should be reported to 1-800-75-CONED.

Source: Cobble Hill Blog
http://cobblehillblog.com/archives/7974

Neighborhood residents are calling for a pushback on the closing time of Cobble Hill Park in an effort to reduce traffic tickets, following what the Brooklyn Paper deems “a mini-ticket blitz that (leaves) late-night visitors facing costly summonses.” A burgeoning group is fighting to extend the park’s curfew from 9 to 10 p.m. amid complaints that cops are issuing $250 tickets for “harmless after-hours activities,” bounded by Congress, Clinton & Henry streets and Verandah Place.

Community Board 6 recently met with members of the Cobble Hill Association to discuss the issue, insisting that later hours for the park would decrease the number of superfluous summonses. Detective Paul Grudzinski of the 76th Precinct counters, “We’re not looking to storm in 5 minutes after closing, then start writing tickets, but we have to enforce the rules fairly and across the board”—although he said that he supports the later curfew, which would also put the park in line with nearby Carroll Park’s hours. Read the full Brooklyn Paper story here. (Photo: Chuck Taylor)

Source: Cobble Hill Blog
http://cobblehillblog.com/archives/7903

Capt. J. D. Schiff, Commanding Officer for the 76th Precinct of Brooklyn, has alerted the CHB that on Saturday, September 15, the NYPD, NYC Council, Kings County District Attorney and NYPD Brooklyn Clergy Coalition will sponsor a program that pays cash for any operable firearm. They are offering a $200 bank card for a handgun and $20 bank card for a rifle/shotgun. He stresses: “No questions asked.”

The Brooklyn Gun Buy-Back Program takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Evergreen Baptist Church: 455 Evergreen Avenue, between Woodbine Street and Palmetto Street. No active or retired law enforcement weapons are accepted. The 76th Precinct is located at 191 Union Street in Brooklyn.

Source: Cobble Hill Blog
http://cobblehillblog.com/archives/7812