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COURIER L 16 IFE, NOV. 1-7, 2019
BY JESSICA PARKS
The former top staff member of
Brownstone Brooklyn’s Community
Board 6 has moved to Brighton
Beach after resigning amid a
f lurry of stalking and forgery indictments,
and the one-time civil
servant is now busy promoting numerous
traffic safety initiatives in
his newfound home.
“As a resident of southern Brooklyn,
I can testify firsthand how dangerous
it is out here for motorists,
bicyclists, and pedestrians alike,”
Craig Hammerman wrote in an Oct.
4 email to the Department of Transportation.
The one-time district manager
sent Brooklyn Transit Commissioner
Keith Bray a comprehensive
proposal for transforming Brighton
11th Street from a two-way thoroughfare
to a one-way artery heading
south on Oct. 4, claiming the
move would enhance pedestrian
safety for the area’s large senior
community.
The civic guru’s pitch included
an analysis of demographics and
the surrounding street grid, a list
of safety concerns, and a breakdown
of the proposed changes,
which Hammerman’s Coney Island
counterpart, Community Board 13
District Manager Eddie Mark, said
ref lected the former CB6 staffer’s
decades of experience.
“He’s a former district manager,”
said Mark. “He knows the ins and
outs of approaching a problem like
this.”
Hammerman formerly served
residents of Park Slope, Red Hook,
Gowanus, and other Brownstone
neighborhoods as a Community
Board 6 staffer for 27 years, working
his way up the ranks to become
district manager, where he pulled
a hefty six-figure salary helping
board members navigate the city’s
bureaucracy and advocate for local
causes.
However, the high-paid civil servant
was forced to resign in 2017
amid a series of scandals, including
his two arrests for allegedly stalking
his ex girlfriend , and his indictment
on forgery charges after
District Attorney Eric Gonzalez accused
him of using a rubber stamp
bearing then Chairman Sayar Lonial’s
signature to provide himself
with raises.
Hammerman beat the district attorney’s
office not once, but twice
— bucking the stalking charges and
beating the forgery indictment at
trial — and the former district manager
f led his longtime home in Park
Slope seeking a fresh start in Brighton
Beach.
Craig Hammerman in front of Brighton 11th
Street, a two-way road he proposes converting
to one-way travel to improve pedestrian
safety. Photo by Derrick Watterson
“I always wanted to live by the
beach,” Hammerman said.
A spokeswoman for the Department
of Transportation said the
agency would not consider the
Brighton 11th Street proposal until
Community Board 13 — which
comprises Brighton Beach and Gravesend,
along with Coney Island
— endorsed the initiative, and the
board is scheduled to discuss Hammerman’s
proposal at a meeting on
Nov. 14.
Meanwhile members of the Coney
Island community board voted
unanimously to approve the installation
of additional street lighting and
the construction of curb extensions
along Brighton Beach Avenue — two
other initiatives that Hammerman
proposed at a meeting on Oct. 23.
Before the meeting, Mark suspected
that local board members
might take issue with the forwardthinking
civic guru from progressive
Park Slope, saying southern
Brooklyn moves at a slower pace
than its neighbors to the north.
“As you know he comes from Park
Slope and Red Hook, where people
are more active, whereas down here
they don’t advocate as much for
things like this,” said Mark.
But Hammerman claims the city
has largely ignored southern Brooklyn’s
traffic-safety woes in favor of
the borough’s progressive enclaves
further north, and said he couldn’t
help but demand action.
“If it is good enough for Brownstone
Brooklyn then it is good
enough for southern Brooklyn,”
said Hammerman. “The bottom
line is something must be done to
improve traffic safety there.”
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