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A collection of 28 issues

Affected by Massive Water Main Break in Sunset Park this Weekend? File a Claim!

Photo: LoudlabsSUNSET PARK – A rainy Sunday brought even more water after water gushed out of a broken main and flooded the streets. At around 5:40 a.m. on Sunday, November 24, a water main broke after a pipe burst on 44th Street and Fifth Ave. The pressure of the

How Businesses Impacted By Monday’s Flooding Can Find Assistance

GOWANUS – After Monday’s downpour [/heavy-rain-floods-4th-avenue-businesses-monday-night/] flooded the basement of Colony [https://www.colony274.com] at 274 4th Avenue, business owner Kitty Hernandez was optimistic about reopening her bar/restaurant after cleaning up the lower level, but a visit from the NYC Department of Health [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/

Heavy Rain Floods 4th Avenue Businesses Monday Night

[UPDATED: Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at 4:15pm] “At the height of yesterday’s storm the Park Slope neighborhood was receiving nearly three inches of rain an hour, which exceeds the capacity of the drainage system,” said Ted Timbers, a spokesperson for DEP. “In addition, the intersection of Carroll Street

Sanitation Repairs Leaving Gowanus Station Building After 46 Years

UPDATED: Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at 9:15am: The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) confirmed that the city acquired the properties October 31, 2018. While a final sale price has not been determined, an advance payment of $36 million “was made to the owner of 234 Butler Street” in

DCP Scoping Meeting For Gowanus Rezoning, April 25

GOWANUS – The environmental review process for the Gowanus Draft Zoning Proposal [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/plans/gowanus/gowanus-framework.page#navigation] is underway, with the release on Friday of NYC Department of City Planning [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/index.page]‘s (DCP) Environmental Assessment Statement (EAS) and

DCP Presents Draft Zoning Proposal To Community Board 6

GOWANUS – The auditorium of P.S. 133 was packed Thursday evening with locals eager to see NYC Department of City Planning [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/plans/gowanus/gowanus-framework.page]‘s (DCP) presentation of the Gowanus Draft Zoning Proposal. Via NYC Department of City Planning presentation of the Gowanus

DEP Presents Tunnel Proposal To Gowanus Canal CAG

GOWANUS – The Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group [https://gowanuscag.org]’s (CAG) monthly meeting took place as scheduled Tuesday (January 22) despite the ongoing federal government shutdown prohibiting furloughed EPA [https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0206222] team members from attending. Via Gowanus Canal CSO Facilities Tunnel

DEP Presents Tunnel Alternative To Gowanus CAG, Tuesday, Jan. 22

GOWANUS – The NYC Department of Environmental Protection [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/home/home.shtml] (DEP) is going ahead with plans to present its proposed tunnel project [/dep-proposes-tunnel-as-alternative-to-cso-tanks-for-gowanus-superfund/] to the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group [https://gowanuscag.org/?fbclid=IwAR3ygs0FtKd8YPc3XUYdfjIfVXTeGww8ebP-1jKnERJ6N54uBRFa-8TJRg0] (CAG) on Tuesday, January 22nd. Dredging equipment at

First Phase Of Disruptive 3rd Avenue Construction Completed

GOWANUS – After years of construction, crews working to install high-level storm sewers along a stretch of 3rd Avenue in Gowanus are finally moving on, the NYC Department of Environmental Protection [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/home/home.shtml] (DEP) and the NYC Department of Design and Construction [https: