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\nAn interactive map features toggle-able layers for land use restrictions, zoning, historic districts and more. Photo: Screenshot\/ BKCB6 app <\/p>\n
The first-of-its-kind app brings essential neighborhood information into one interactive hub.<\/p>\n
In its\u00a0first meeting following the summer recess, Community Board 6 announced the launch of BKCB6\u2014an app that brings troves of otherwise labyrinthine city records to the tips of residents\u2019 fingers.<\/p>\n
CB6 covers the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Park Slope, Carrol Gardens, Cobble Hill, Gowanus and Columbia Street Waterfront District.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nAn interactive map features toggle-able layers for land use restrictions, zoning, historic districts and more. Photo: Screenshot\/ BKCB6 app
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After entering a home address, the app directs users to a home page displaying up-to-date information on their block\u2019s parking and trash rules for the day, recent crime incidents and 311 calls, housing lotteries, events such as block parties, polling information and more.<\/p>\n
The app\u2019s debut was accompanied by the release of two others\u2014BKCB and CBNYC\u2014which offer most of the same features to New Yorkers outside of the Carroll Gardens, Park Slope, Gowanus, Cobble Hill and Red Hook board district.<\/p>\n
While all information is already publicly accessible, it is located across several government sites that can be difficult to parse through.<\/p>\n
The app was developed by District Manager Mike Racioppo, who has held his position on the board for almost nine years.<\/p>\n
“I remember a quote I always liked from a sculptor who compared cubism to standing on a mountain and looking around,” Racioppo wrote in a newsletter announcing the app. “‘It is a point of view.’ And that’s what this [app] hopes to be, a point of view.”<\/p>\n
Interactive versions of major city plans, such as the Brooklyn Comprehensive Plan<\/a>, the BQE rebuild<\/a>, the Gowanus rezoning<\/a>, Mayor Mamdani’s\u00a0\u201cBlock by Block\u201d plan<\/a>\u00a0and the city’s Fair Housing Growth Strategy<\/a>\u00a0are also available.<\/p>\n An affordable housing page shows all open lotteries listed to-date on Housing Connect<\/a>, with a calculator to determine users’ eligibility for open units.<\/p>\n A daily calendar displays local community events. Employment opportunities with the city are posted onto a jobs bulletin.<\/p>\n