Columbia Street Waterfront
COLUMBIA STREET WATERFRONT – The 41 Summit Street rezoning application was presented during the NYC City Council [https://council.nyc.gov] Subcommittee on Zoning & Franchises hearing on Wednesday, March 6. Via Columbia Waterfront Neighbors presentation to City Planning Commission_CROPPEDA representative for the developer of 41 Summit Street clarified that
Carroll Gardens
CARROLL GARDENS/COBBLE HILL – Carroll Gardens neighbors will have an opportunity next week to share their ideas for improvements to Carroll Park (bounded by Court, President, Smith, and Carroll Streets). NYC Parks is hosting a visioning session at 7pm on Tuesday, February 26 across the street from the green space
Central Brooklyn
NYC Council Member Brad Lander, Council Speaker Corey Johnson, and safe streets advocates rallied outside City Hall on Tuesday for legislation that would make city streets safer by getting the most dangerous drivers off the roads. > We’re on the steps of City Hall with @bradlander [https://twitter.com/
Development
GOWANUS – An activist group hijacked the NYC Department of City Planning [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/index.page]‘s (DCP) Gowanus Draft Rezoning Proposal [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/plans/gowanus/gowanus-framework.page#navigation] open house Wednesday night, staging their own meeting at the event held inside the
Development
GOWANUS – NYC Department of City Planning [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/index.page] (DCP) released the long-awaited Gowanus Draft Zoning Proposal [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/plans/gowanus/gowanus-framework.page#navigation] Wednesday morning (January 30). Using the Gowanus Framework [/gowanus-community-gathers-to-discuss-rezoning-framework-with-city-agencies/]—a document created in 2018 following hours of
Nonsponsored
PARK SLOPE – Following the deadly crash last March at 5th Avenue and 9th Street [/details-released-mondays-deadly-collision-park-slope/] that killed Abigail Blumenstein and Joshua Lew, and later resulted in the death of Ruthie Ann Miles’ unborn child, Council Member Brad Lander has launched an online traffic issue tracker to help make his district’
Central Brooklyn
[UPDATED: Thursday, January 17, 2019 at 11:30am] According to the MTA, when a delay occurs, trains are often switched to express to shorten gaps in service and appropriately space trains. Train crews must inform riders in a timely manner when they receive notice from dispatchers that a train will
community
GOWANUS – Tuesday evening, at the start of a meeting to discuss Fair Housing in Gowanus, local NYCHA residents demanded answers from officials explaining why Wyckoff Gardens was without water for several hours on Sunday and again on Monday morning. Gowanus Fair Housing Meeting, Dec. 4, 2018 (Photo: Nathan Haselby)“The
Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT PARK – Just before members of the Prospect Park Track Club [https://pptc.org] took off on their annual Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning, November 22, Council Member Brad Lander and Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.prospectpark.org/get-involved/2018-year-end-challenge-copy/?redirect_url=%2F] President Sue Donoghue unveiled the park’s
Nonsponsored
PARK SLOPE – Dozens of advocates joined Council Member Brad Lander and Assembly Member Robert Carroll outside of the 7th Avenue F/G subway stop Friday afternoon to once again call on the MTA to install an elevator at the station. Rally for elevator at 7th Avenue F/G subway station
Business
PARK SLOPE – Small business owners uncertain about the Americans With Disabilities Act [https://www.ada.gov/] (ADA) regulations or whether their storefronts are fully accessible should attend an ADA Compliance Info Session this Friday, November 9, at the Park Slope Library. Via Park Slope Fifth Avenue Facebook [https://www.facebook.
Cobble Hill
COBBLE HILL – At last Thursday’s Brooklyn Community Board 6 Landmarks & Land Use Committee [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/committees/landmarks-land-use.page] meeting, representatives from Fortis Property Group [https://fortispropertygroup.com/] presented plans to build a nine-foot-tall brick wall on the Amity Street side of the developer’s
environment
PARK SLOPE – Dozens of P.S. 282 students and Principal Rashan Hoke joined Council Member Brad Lander, NYC Department of Environmental Protection [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/home/home.shtml] (DEP) Commissioner Vincent Sapienza, and NYC Parks [https://www.nycgovparks.org] Borough Commissioner Martin Maher Monday morning to
Carroll Gardens
CARROLL GARDENS – On Tuesday morning, the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] (LPC) designated the former Hans S. Christian Memorial Kindergarten located at 236 President Street, and an adjoining building at 238 President, as individual landmarks. (L-R) 238 and 236 President Street (Photo: Pamela
Nonsponsored
PARK SLOPE – Deputy Mayor Laura Anglin visited Park Slope Thursday morning to join Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Council Member Brad Lander, senior NYC DOT officials, and transportation advocates for a walkthrough of the 9th Street Vision Zero safety redesign. NYC DOT Brooklyn Borough Commissioner Keith Bray previews the 9th
Carroll Gardens
CARROLL GARDENS – Council Member Brad Lander [https://council.nyc.gov/district-39/] joined Carroll Gardens neighbors on Tuesday at the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page]‘s (LPC) public hearing on 236 and 238 President Street [/carroll-gardens-group-fights-to-save-the-historic-hans-s-christian-kindergarten/] . (L-R) 238 and 236 President Street (Photo: Pamela