In the midst of the year’s first winter storm, residents of Park Slope and nearby communities got together not to complain about falling snow, but to explore how to take it slow.
Taking It Slow at Community Meeting Read More »
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.”
A City Record for Safety Read More »
The Civic Council’s Livable Streets Committee is gearing up for a very exciting — and productive — 2012. Our focus has been what happens on our community’s streets and sidewalks for pedestrians, bicyclists, and drivers alike.
A More Livable (Streets) New Year Read More »
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.
A Grand (Army) Celebration Read More »
The Civic Council offered testimony for residential permit parking at a City Council hearing on the subject. “We are sure that the benefits of reduced congestion and increased safety for all users of local streets will be immediate and substantial.”
One Step Closer to Permit Parking? Read More »
Hoboken faces a problem familiar to any Park Sloper: too many cars and too few places to park them. Members of the Civic Council recently toured the city to explore the innovative ways it is approaching these problems and how those solutions could be imported to Brooklyn.
Hoboken: Lessons for Park Slope Read More »
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.
Improving Our Public Spaces Read More »
FORTHonFourth, a subcommittee of the Livable Streets Committe, seeks out opportunities to get involved now, at this inflection point of growth along the avenue, and help contribute to its future.
Moving Fourth Forward Read More »
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.
Uniting for a Safer Slope Read More »