New Year’s Eve Celebration
New Year’s Eve Celebration Saturday, December 31st, 11 pm, Grand Army Plaza
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Grand Army Plaza
Vision Zero
Interactive Map can be viewed here courtesy of NYC.gov Every year, approximately 4,000 New Yorkers are seriously injured and more than
Comment: A Tale of Three Spaces
This is a story of livable streets and three public spaces in our community: Bartel Pritchard Square, the cul-de-sac on Fourth Street east of Fifth Avenue, and Grand Army Plaza.
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A City Record for Safety
At a press conference held in the waning days of last year, Mayor Bloomberg came to Grand Army Plaza to proclaim 2011 “the city’s safest traffic year in the more than 100 years since records were kept.”
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A Grand (Army) Celebration
The many improvements recently completed at Grand Army Plaza have reshaped this great public space, and are worthy of a great celebration. Read about that special ceremony and “ribbon cutting” that marked a milestone in the plaza’s transformation.
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Improving Our Public Spaces
In March 2006, the Park Slope Civic Council devoted its annual community forum to issues of traffic and transportation. More than 200 audience members gathered in the Old First Reformed Church’s sanctuary to listen to panelists discuss traffic calming and placemaking, residential parking permits and Atlantic Yards, and more.
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A Safer, Grander Plaza
Coming this summer to Grand Army Plaza: safer driving, easier pedestrian crossings, and more cycling connections, thanks to improvements from the city’s Department of Transportation.
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Yet Another Article about the Prospect Park West Bike Lane
Earlier this month, three Community Board 6 committees unanimously approved changes to last year’s Prospect Park West traffic reconfiguration that will help make the already successful project even safer for pedestrians, motorists, and cyclists.
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Civic News, May 2010: Tupper Thomas, Livable Streets, and More
Download the May 2010 issue of Civic News here.
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Civic News, January 2010: Park Slope Oral History, Grand Army Plaza, and More
Download the January 2010 issue of Civic News here.
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