Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Fort Greene

Tonight: Permanent Fort Greene Plaza Up for a Vote at Brooklyn CB 2

By Ben Fried | Dec 18, 2012 | 4 Comments

A reminder for readers who live in and around Fort Greene: The Brooklyn Community Board 2 transportation committee is taking up the matter of Fowler Square plaza tonight, and if you head over to 180 Remsen Street to weigh in, you can help this new public space become a permanent neighborhood fixture. NYC DOT installed […]

Eyes on the Street: New Places to Sit on Myrtle Avenue

By Stephen Miller | Dec 7, 2012 | 4 Comments

Combining public seating and tree protection, the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership has begun a second round of street furniture installations. The project is bringing 28 tree guards and 22 benches to Myrtle Avenue between Flatbush and Classon Avenues by the end of the year, joining 40 tree guards and benches that were installed in 2011. At one […]

Public Takes to Plazas in East New York and Fort Greene

By Stephen Miller | Dec 5, 2012 | 2 Comments

This weekend, three Brooklyn plazas became hubs of neighborhood activity. In East New York, Saturday evening saw a community tree lighting, along with local performers and community organizations, at New Lots Triangle on Livonia Avenue. In prior years, the tree was situated in a tiny patch of asphalt between three streets, but in 2011 DOT expanded the plaza […]

Businesses on Fowler Square Plaza: Go Ahead, Make It Permanent

By Stephen Miller | Nov 20, 2012 | 3 Comments

DOT is scheduled to go before Community Board 2’s transportation committee on December 18 with plans to make the new pedestrian plaza at Fowler Square in Fort Greene a permanent redesign. Before the city went ahead with reclaiming this block of North Elliott Place for the plaza, a small, vocal contingent — mostly upset that they would […]

NYPD Cruiser Hits Cyclist in Fort Greene

By Brad Aaron | Sep 21, 2012 | 15 Comments

Streetsblog reader Chad Kellogg, a cyclist who lives and works in Fort Greene, came upon this scene earlier today. He writes: A police car hit a cyclist (who had the right of way) at the corner of Myrtle and Vanderbilt at around 11:40 a.m. this morning. The cyclist was knocked to the ground and injured […]

“Park Avenue Is Broken, And It Can Be Fixed”

By Stephen Miller | Sep 11, 2012 | 4 Comments

Council Member Letitia James and Assembly Member Joseph Lentol joined local residents on Park Avenue in Brooklyn yesterday to push DOT and other city agencies to implement recommendations from the Myrtle Avenue Revitalization Partnership’s pedestrian safety plan. The plan calls for a set of pedestrian safety improvements and traffic enforcement measures to make Park Avenue […]

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