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Convert the Sunset Park Courthouse to a Community Center

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In which borough should your idea take place? 
Brooklyn
Do you have a specific neighborhood(s) in mind?
Sunset Park
Which audience(s) does your idea help? Select as many as apply.
Youth
Parents
Limited English proficient individuals
Low income individuals
Black, Indigenous, and POC
Older adults
Unemployed individuals
LGBTQ+ community
Immigrants and/or migrants
People with disabilities
Describe the challenge you want to address:
The Sunset Park Courthouse was used by the Brooklyn Public Library as an interim library while rebuilding the Sunset Park branch a few blocks away. Converting the now vacated interim library would bring a community center to a neighborhood desperate for resources. It can house city-funded programs including ELL classes, senior programming, after school programming, job training classes, workshops, and so much more.
Describe your idea and approach to address the challenge:
Provide funding to a local nonprofit to study the feasibility and possible funding of the new Courthouse Community Center.
Write the zipcode that best represents your New York City community:
11220

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