Last October, the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to move ahead on expanding the Park Slope Historic District into the South Slope, an effort spearheaded by the Civic Council’s Historic District Committee. Building on that successful start, the committee’s work is now entering its next phase — in the North Slope.
Pushing for Northern Expansion Read More »
Expanding on recent efforts to help shape a stronger future for Fourth Avenue, the Civic Council has called on the city’s Department of City Planning to revise the current zoning along the thoroughfare to better serve the community.
Council Calls for Rezoning and Participating on Fourth Avenue Read More »
The Civic Council’s Livable Streets Committee focuses on enriching our community’s urban environment and street life. Our agenda is a broad one, and the topics we covered at our Feb. 3 meeting showed that range.
Livable Streets: Speed Cameras, Car Services, Sweeping Kits Read More »
On Jan. 20, representatives from the city’s Department of Transportation delivered their report on last year’s reconfiguration of Prospect Park West to a very interested audience at the Old First Reformed Church. Their message was a simple one: It works.
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Representatives from New York City Transit met with the Civic Council at the January Trustees Meeting to discuss local projects that will have a big impact in our community: the Culver Viaduct Rehabilitation Project and the renovation of the Fourth Avenue-Ninth Street station.
Transit Updates: Renovations, Reroutings, and Reopenings Read More »
Park Slope’s community spirit was in full force this holiday season, helping the Civic Council to collect a record 1,100 toys during the annual Toys for Tots gift collection drive, as well as making Mulchfest in Prospect Park a big success.
Holiday Hope and Help in Park Slope Read More »
Livable Streets: Calmer Streets, Safer Driving and Biking; Sustainability: Fracking, Mulching, and More
Committee Updates, January 2011 Read More »
Evoking the tranquility of a Japanese rock garden — albeit at a much larger scale — the Stone Garden concept by Jordan Yamada and Peter Zaharatos was recently named the winner of the Park Slope Civic Council’s Prospect Park Gateway Design Competition.
Third Street Entrance Could Be a Zen Experience Read More »
Whole Foods recently announced that it has scaled down plans to build its first Brooklyn market, at the corner of Third Street and Third Avenue, after years of efforts by the Civic Council and other community groups to get a more neighborhood-friendly store.
The State Supreme Court ruled against the Empire State Development Corporation in its use of an unrealistic and possibly unlawful environmental analysis for Atlantic Yards. Building on that a major victory against the massive development, the community coalition BrooklynSpeaks has filed a petition to have all construction activities at Atlantic Yards cease prior to ESDC’s response.
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