environment
GOWANUS – In an effort to bring attention to the area’s Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) problem, activists marched at Thomas Greene Playground on Saturday with reminders of the notorious Gowanus Canal “Poonami.” Members of the Gowanus Neighborhood Coalition for Justice marched during Thomas Greene Park’s Halloween Parade (Pamela Wong/
Business
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/
Announcements
GOWANUS – The NYC Department of City Planning [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/index.page] (DCP) will follow up last week’s Gowanus Draft Zoning Proposal open house with a formal presentation at 6pm on Thursday, February 28 at PS 133, William A. Butler School, 610 Baltic Street (at 4th
community
GOWANUS – The PS 32 gymnasium was packed Wednesday evening for an open house where community members from Gowanus and the surrounding neighborhoods could learn about and comment on the NYC Department of City Planning [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/index.page]‘s (DCP) “Gowanus: A Framework for a Sustainable,