Projects

Canarsie Infrastructure Project

In 2025 Infrastructure problems affected homes in southeast Canarsie in 2025. CCDI partnered with The…

Back to School Haircuts and Hairdo’s

In 2025 CCDI contracted with six beautification businesses all members of Canarsie Merchants Association for…

NYC Community Flood Watch Project

In 2024 CCDI joined the Community Flood Watch Project sponsored by Sea Grant, a federal…

Jamaica Bay Library

In 2023 CCDI reconstituted the Canarsie Jamaica Bay Library Friends Group to raise funds to…

Canarsie Library

In 2022 Brooklyn Public Library, Hester Street in coordination with the architect had community engagement…

News Letter

In 2022 CCDI launched a Canarsie Newsletter issued nine months a year to inform the…

Emergency Plan for Canarsie

In 2022, CCDI received funding from the NY Foundation Grant to develop an emergency plan…

Collaboration with CMA

In 2021 CCDDI was the first funder of the RPCMA (now CMA) to beautify the…

Free Notary Service

In 2020 CCDI started a free notary service for residents at the Canarsie and Jamaica…

Collaboration with SRIJB

In 2018 CCDI co-led a multiyear community led climate resilient planning project with the Science…

Flood Sensors

Developed in partnership with the Consortium for Climate Risk in the Urban Northeast, the Flood…

Canarsie Library Reconstruction Project

CCDI supports efforts to reconstruct and modernize the Canarsie Library, ensuring access to safe, updated…