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Come learn and share your ideas for how we plan for schools and transportation needs in and around Gowanus!

MS51 350 5th Avenue (Enter on 4th Street

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Zoning for Flood Resilience: Northeast Bronx Workshop

Workshop goals:

• Learn about strategies to floodproof your home and protect it from future floods;
• Find out how zoning can promote floodproofing strategies and make neighborhoods more resilient to flooding;
• Establish urban design priorities the Northeastern Bronx and other coastal neighborhoods;
• Help shape a future change to the special zoning rules that govern development in the floodplain.

SUNY Maritime, 6 Pennyfield Ave., Maritime Academic Center, Room 110, Bronx ( Map)

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Zoning for Flood Resilience: Southern Brooklyn Workshop

Workshop goals:

• Find out how zoning can make promote floodproofing strategies and make neighborhoods more resilient to flooding;
• Meet with agency representatives to learn about flood insurance, flood risk, coastal protection strategies, resiliency investments at NYCHA campuses, and emergency preparedness;
• Provide feedback on how zoning can help achieve building-scale resiliency and help establish urban design priorities for Southern Brooklyn and other coastal neighborhoods.
• Help shape a future change to the special zoning rules that govern development in the floodplain.

Coney Island YMCA, 2980 W. 29th Street, Brooklyn

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Zoning for Flood Resilience: Howard Beach Workshop

Workshop goals:

• Learn about strategies to floodproof your home and protect it from future floods;
• Find out how zoning can make promote floodproofing strategies and make neighborhoods more resilient to flooding;
• Establish urban design priorities for Howard Beach and other coastal neighborhoods;
• Help shape a future change to the special zoning rules that govern development in the floodplain.

St. Helen Catholic Academy, 83-09 157th Avenue, Howard Beach

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Community Open House
Get more information about workforce development programs in the neighborhood from the Department of City Planning and its partners.

Long Island City Community Library, 37-44 21st Street

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