Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about GAPco

Grand Plans for Brooklyn’s Iconic Public Space

By Jason Varone | Apr 19, 2007 | 7 Comments

In all of the uproar over DOT’s various transportation proposals for Park Slope last month (One Way? No Way! and 9th Street) this Grand Army Plaza project managed to slip beneath the radar. That’s too bad because it’s a really thoughtful and detailed piece of planning work that will help connect neighborhoods and improve the […]

Pedestrian and Bike Improvements Coming to Grand Army Plaza

By Sarah Goodyear | Apr 3, 2007 | 36 Comments

Current configuration Proposed changes Here’s a look at the proposal the DOT gave to Brooklyn’s Community Board 6 on March 29th regarding safety improvements at Grand Army Plaza. The plan’s highlights include: Three new concrete islands (5,900 square feet) 2,300 square feet of new landscaping Removing a travel lane on Eastern Parkway Providing a Class […]

Opposition Brewing to DOT’s Proposal for 9th Street Bike Lanes

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 29, 2007 | 15 Comments

Tonight, 6:30 pm at Old First Church on 7th Avenue and Carroll Street, the transportation committee of Brooklyn Community Board 6 hosts a blockbuster follow-up meeting to the "One-Way? No Way!" extravaganza of March 15. While I haven’t managed to get a look at DOT’s proposal, we know a few things about it: It will […]

A Community Workshop to Re-envision Grand Army Plaza

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 29, 2007 | No Comments

All across the city neighborhood groups are coming together to re-envision and plan their own communities. In the last few months we’ve seen valuable community-planning processes taking place in Hell’s Kitchen, the Meatpacking District and, to a certain extent, along Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. People aren’t waiting around for real estate developers or city […]

StreetFilms: Reclaiming Grand Army Plaza

By Jason Varone | Mar 29, 2007 | No Comments

Reclaiming Grand Army Plaza A StreetFilm by Sean Clifford Running time: 5 minutes 40 seconds The Grand Army Plaza Coalition formed in the Spring of 2006 to begin to re-envision GAP as the great public space it was designed to be. A community-driven, grassroots project, GAPco is a prime example of how New York City’s […]

Pedestrian-Friendly Changes for Grand Army Plaza

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 25, 2006 | 11 Comments

More public space for Grand Army Plaza: DOT says that it would give the street space highlighted in green to the Parks Department for use during public events and car-free hours in Prospect Park. Since the beginning of 2005 I have been helping to organize a group called the Grand Army Plaza Coalition. The group is focused on improving the pedestrian experience […]