If you’ve been past the corner of Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues during the last 18 months, you have seen the Barclays Center arena taking shape. Whatever your views about it, the arena’s existence is now certain.
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The Empire State Development Corporation and Forest City Ratner Companies have served notice that they plan to fight a July court decision ordering further environmental review of the Atlantic Yards project. The decision came after nearly two years of litigation.
Atlantic Yards Sponsors Choose to Fight Court Order on Environmental Review Read More »
On Wednesday night, Sept. 14, some 500 people of all ages and backgrounds gathered at the Prospect Avenue R-train station on Fourth Avenue.
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New trees are thriving, thanks to the efforts of our local merchants and churches. Plus: a workshop for taking care of your own tree.
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The Summer 2011 issue of Civic News: A community victory at Atlantic Yards, Lovgren Awards, Fourth Avenue updates, and more
A community victory at Atlantic Yards, Lovgren Awards, and more Read More »
How should the community — and by “community” I mean the residents of Park Slope and our neighbors in Gowanus, Boerum Hill, Downtown Brooklyn, Fort Greene, and Prospect Heights — respond to and live with this project?
Comment: Getting Our Voices into Atlantic Yards Read More »
The day after Emily Lloyd moved with her family from Boston to Brooklyn in 1983, she took her two young children to the Third Street playground in Prospect Park.
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On July 13, New York State Supreme Court Justice Marcy Friedman ruled that the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) acted
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Construction on the Barclays Center arena is well under way at Atlantic Yards, but the rest of the 22-acre project remains in doubt thanks in large part to our slow economy. Is there finally room for the community to create a new model for responsible development?
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The Department of City Planning (DCP) recently unveiled its proposal for a Special Fourth Avenue Enhanced Commercial District, an effort to remedy community grievances with previous rezoning and development efforts on the busy thoroughfare.
A Step Forward on Fourth Read More »