Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Fort Greene

Seeing Myrtle Avenue With Fresh Eyes

By Sarah Goodyear | | 6 Comments
The folks over at the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership have unveiled the results of a collaboration with the Project for Public Spaces (PPS) undertaken over the last couple of years. Two public workshops were held to get community input on the plans, which address four different areas of Myrtle Avenue, one of the main commercial […]

Fort Greene Gets Action from Spitzer on Placards

By Sarah Goodyear | | No Comments
The Fort Greene Association has scored another victory in the fight against abuse of placarded parking, this time with some help from very high places. According to Fredrik Anderson, the FGA’s vice chair and head of its transportation committee, neighborhood merchants and residents had been frustrated that state employees who work at 55 Hanson Place […]

Zipcar, Meet Zipbike

By Brad Aaron | | 14 Comments
Two remarkably similar yet fundamentally different campaigns are underway to promote vehicle sharing in the city. Earlier this month the Brooklyn Record noted a new web site devoted to attracting Zipcar service to Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Zip Fort Greene says, "The closest [ZipCar] wheels are a brisk 15 minute walk (and once construction […]

Brooklyn’s Fort Greene Fights for Livable Streets

By Aaron Naparstek | | 3 Comments
DOT’s failure to provide a traffic signal or even a simple crosswalk at intersections along DeKalb Avenue disconnects the neighborhood from its bus stops and its park. Brooklyn’s Fort Greene Association is running an exemplary grassroots campaign on local pedestrian safety issues. The neighborhood group has generated more than 500 letters to DOT requesting specific improvements in crosswalk layouts […]

New Bike Plan for Ft. Greene and Prospect Hts.

By Aaron Naparstek | | No Comments
On Wednesday, June 14, 6pm, come to Brooklyn Community Board 2’s Transportation Committee meeting to learn about, and comment on, the NYC Department of Transportation’s new plan to install new bike lanes, paths and routes in Fort Greene and Prospect Heights. The plan calls for a new: Eastbound bike lane on Willoughby Street between Fort Greene […]