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On Tuesday night, in a packed and humid senior center rec room still decorated for Easter, Brooklyn's Community Board 1 assembled for a public hearing to discuss, as one does, a slate of pressing local issues. The meeting kicked off with a presentation from the Department of Transportation about the McGuinness Boulevard redesign, followed by nearly 30 New Yorkers speaking in unanimous, ardent support of expanding the "road diet" even further. The vibe was pleasant, the civic pride obvious.
An hour into the meeting, around half of the attendees filed out as the board moved on to agenda item number two: a presentation from the CEO of Pacha, the global nightlife and hospitality brand that intends to take over operations of the premises—and liquor license—of the Avant Gardner space formerly known as the Brooklyn Mirage.