Co-Founder + Project Director for L3BA, Brenda B is a native of NYC who has lived in East Harlem since 1997. Inspired by the Holy Spirit of God to do community service, she partnered with her neighbor and friend Brian to start L3BA. She recently launched the Lex & 3rd Unity Project (L3UP), a newly established LLC [status pending]. L3UP will be using 40% of its profits to provide resources to L3BA for beautification projects. This allows L3BA to dedicate their full energy to informal but effective grassroots efforts that directly improve the quality of life in East Harlem.

The Lex & 3rd Block Association aka L3BA is a committed group of local residents striving to support the neighborhood in areas of cleanliness, political representation, and cultural preservation.

L3BA is a self-organized, unregistered community group: This is a group of people in a neighborhood who organize to address local community issues, like safety, beautification, and organizing community events, without formal legal incorporation or nonprofit registration. Such groups operate informally but have an important impact on their community. 

Co-Founder + Senior Board Member, Brian has been a 20+ veteran of the community and has seen a lot of positive change in our community since moving here in January 2000. His enthusiasm and care for the neighborhood started in the early 2000’s when he successfully petitioned the parks department and city to have trees planted along East 99th Street! Brian has known Brenda for many years, and they shared common goals and ideals to help keep our community clean, safe and support our many local businesses.