Classon Avenue subway station
Thank you, snow-sweepers! Keep on sharing photos with us at editor@bklyner.com, add them to our Flickr group [https://www.flickr.com/groups/thelocalfgch/], or tag them #ftgfocus on Instagram [http://instagram.com/fortgreenefocus], and we’ll post them on the site. Also, like us on Facebook [https://www.
climate change study
Image courtesy of CUNY / Structures of Coastal Resilience [http://www.structuresofcoastalresilience.org].After a year of research [http://www.structuresofcoastalresilience.org/], a team led by City University of New York (CUNY) associate professor of landscape architecture Catherine Seavitt Nordenson has completed a proposal [http://www.structuresofcoastalresilience.org/locations/jamaica-bay-ny/] for
congestion pricing
This Thursday, February 19 at 6pm, a coalition of neighborhood groups, merchants associations, and elected officials — including the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership [http://www.myrtleavenue.org], Community Board 2 [http://www.nyc.gov/html/bkncb2/html/home/home.shtml], and Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon [http://www.simonforbrooklyn.com/] — is hosting
609 Myrtle Avenue
We’ve got mail! As we mentioned on Monday [/blog/2015/02/16/pratt-station-post-office-reopen-tuesday-february-17/], the Pratt Station Post Office is officially open for business at its new location at 609 Myrtle Avenue (at the corner of Kent Avenue). When we stopped by on opening morning yesterday (Tuesday, February 17), one
Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation
Image courtesy of mconnors [ http://mrg.bz/WRS19d].Graduating seniors and college students, take note! There’s a summer internship program with great networking and work skills opportunities available right in your own backyard. Applications [http://brooklynnavyyard.org/media/uploads/Employment%20Application_1.pdf] are due by Friday, May 29
209 Joralemon Street
This is one survey every homeowner, business owner, and resident in the neighborhood should fill out, if only for a chance to fix all those corners you might have in your area that back up and flood every time it rains [/blog/transportation/noreaster-hits-flooding-plagues-neighborhood]. The survey’s results will help
Snow removal kicked off early for the morning commute. Keep on sharing photos with us at editor@bklyner.com, add them to our Flickr group [https://www.flickr.com/groups/thelocalfgch/], or tag them #ftgfocus on Instagram [http://instagram.com/fortgreenefocus], and we’ll post them on the site. Also,
David Schwartz
The rumors are true: the Key Food at 325 Lafayette Avenue (between Grand and Classon Avenues) will be closing after decades of serving the Clinton Hill community. A final closing date has not yet been set, but landlord Richard Grobman “confirmed that the plan is to make way for housing
In case you are torn between staying warm at home or going to tonight’s monthly 88th Precinct Community Council meeting, know that the meeting is still on. The meeting is going ahead as scheduled at 7pm at the French Speaking Baptist Church (209 Clermont Avenue), entrance at Willoughby and
This is one survey every homeowner, business owner, and resident in the neighborhood should fill out, if only for a chance to fix all those corners you might have in your area that back up and flood every time it rains. The survey’s results will help inform the upcoming
Sewers
This is one survey every homeowner, business owner, and resident in the neighborhood should fill out, if only for a chance to fix all those corners you might have in your area that back up and flood every time it rains. The survey’s results will help inform the upcoming
Image courtesy of the NYPD.This past week saw robbery reports continue to dwindle, dropping down to one incident (compared to three last week [/blog/2015/02/10/88th-precinct-crime-statistics-january-26-february-1/] and seven the week before [/blog/2015/02/04/88th-precinct-crime-statistics-january-18-25/]). Auto thefts also fell slightly, going from two reports last week