Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Fort Greene

Park Avenue Plan Challenges Agencies to Improve Street for Pedestrians

By Stephen Miller | Sep 10, 2012 | 4 Comments

In 1959, when the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway was under construction, Park Avenue in the Wallabout section of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill was converted from a neighborhood street to a service road that would run underneath the new elevated highway. Walking on the street hasn’t been the same since. With 160,000 cars roaring by overhead each […]

Brooklyn CB 2 Committee Says Yes to Lafayette Avenue Shared Lane

By Stephen Miller | Jun 20, 2012 | 6 Comments

Last night, Brooklyn Community Board 2’s Transportation and Public Safety Committee voted 8 to 1 (with one abstention) to support DOT’s proposal to install sharrows on Lafayette Avenue between Fulton Street and Classon Avenue. The vote comes after DOT abandoned a bike lane concept in 2010, spurring neighborhood residents to gather 1,400 signatures seeking a […]

Eyes on the Street: Fowler Square Plaza Opens in Fort Greene

By Noah Kazis | May 11, 2012 | 7 Comments

Fort Greene’s newest public plaza opened today and Brownstoner was on the scene to capture the moment. The plaza, which reclaimed space for pedestrians on a short, lightly-trafficked block of South Elliott Place between Fulton Street and Lafayette Avenue, connects the sidewalk to an existing public triangle. Even though construction only finished today (because the […]

Brooklyn CB 2 Endorses Fowler Square Plaza, With Evaluation Period

By Noah Kazis | Apr 13, 2012 | 1 Comment

In a meeting Wednesday evening, Brooklyn Community Board 2 endorsed plans to try out a new pedestrian plaza at Fort Greene’s Fowler Square. A short, lightly-trafficked block of South Elliott Place, between Fulton Street and Lafayette Avenue, will be reclaimed for pedestrians, allowing the existing square to be connected with the adjoining block. The vote […]

Productive Exchange of Ideas Breaks Out at Fort Greene Plaza Workshop

By Ben Fried | Feb 17, 2012 | 7 Comments

The reports are in, and it seems like Fort Greene residents were able to have a productive workshop with NYC DOT and the Fulton Area Business Alliance (FAB) last night to discuss the new public plaza planned for Fowler Square. A reader informs us that aside from a few minutes of haranguing from a few […]

Tonight: Help Shape the Future of Fort Greene’s Fowler Square

By Ben Fried | Feb 16, 2012 | 4 Comments

NYC DOT, Council Member Tish James, Community Board 2, and the Fulton Area Business Alliance are hosting a community workshop tonight to gather ideas for a new plaza at Fowler Square — the triangle formed by Fulton Street, Lafayette Avenue, and South Elliot Place in Fort Greene. In addition to lending your expertise as the […]

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