Cell Phone Towers

treetopview · August 2008

I am concerned with the increasing number of cell phone towers that seem to be going up in our neighborhood.

The one I am thinking of is on Clinton between Myrtle and Willoughby, although I know of several others that have been put up within the past few years. One day it was not there and then the next day, there it was - with no community notice or discussion.

I realize that there is a lot of debate regarding whether or not these towers do or do not have negative health effects, but it seems risky to place them on relatively low-lying structures (six stories or less). What is the best way to address these concerns -- can or will Brooklyn politicians address this issue? Or is there another way?

calm head · August 2008

There are ways to block them but once they are up there is no recourse. If you have a strong civic association, they would know the way to go about it. Here in Marine Park I believe they blocked cell towers going up, but they stopped it before the constuction was complete. If you don't have a civic association contact your local polititian. Unless s/he doesn't want to get reelected, they'll listen.

boygabriel · August 2008

Treetop, I don't know about cell phone towers specifically, but I've found our Councilwoman, Tish James, to be pretty responsive to community concerns, especially quality of life ones. I'd give her office a call.

Last time I contacted her office she called me back personally, and it was just a landmarking question.

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