Livable Streets Committee Meeting and Forum Planning Session
2014-02-17 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Whole Foods Rooftop, 214 3rd Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11215, United States
The Livable Streets Committee invites you to join us for our Spring forum planning session on Monday, February 17th at 7:00 pm at the Whole Foods (3rd Street Brooklyn) rooftop. The meeting will focus on planning a public forum to focus on public transit and rapid bus service in Brooklyn. We welcome all who want to learn more or become involved!
The mission of the Civic Council’s Livable Streets Committee is to improve the use, safety and quality of the streets, sidewalks, and streetscape of Park Slope, in cooperation with neighboring communities, in ways that enhance street life and safety for all users.
Please e-mail livablestreets@parkslopeciviccouncil.org to confirm the meeting location.

Gowanus Canal Conservancy - Clean & Green
2014-03-22 11:00 - 15:00 | Salt Lot, 2 Second Ave, Brooklyn (between 5th St and the Gowanus Canal), Brooklyn, NY, United States
New York Restoration Project Tree Giveaway
Join GCC and NYRP at the Salt Lot for our first Clean & Green of the year! We’ll be conducting a ‘Spring
Cleaning’ of the lot to prepare for the rest of the year. NYRP will also be giving out some trees you can
plant at home or locally. Stay tuned for online pre-registration to reserve a tree.
For complete information on GCC activities and events, including an upcoming tree pruning course, go to www.gowanuscanalconservancy.org

Gowanus Canal Conservancy - Clean & Green
2014-03-22 11:00 - 15:00 | Salt Lot, 2 Second Ave, Brooklyn (between 5th St and the Gowanus Canal), Brooklyn, NY, United States
New York Restoration Project Tree Giveaway
Join GCC and NYRP at the Salt Lot for our first Clean & Green of the year! We’ll be conducting a ’Spring
Cleaning’ of the lot to prepare for the rest of the year. NYRP will also be giving out some trees you can
plant at home or locally. Stay tuned for online pre-registration to reserve a tree.
For complete information on GCC activities and events, including an upcoming tree pruning course, go to www.gowanuscanalconservancy.org

Gowanus Canal Conservancy - Composting Gowanus March Windrow Build
2014-03-23 11:00 - 15:00 | Salt Lot, 2 Second Ave, Brooklyn (between 5th St and the Gowanus Canal), Brooklyn, NY, United States
GCC be stewarding the Degraw St. gardens and building a new compost windrow with up to 10,000 pounds of food scraps from GrowNYC.
For complete information on GCC activities and events, including an upcoming tree pruning course, go to www.gowanuscanalconservancy.org

Gowanus Canal Conservancy - Composting Gowanus Windrow Turn
2014-03-23 11:00 - 15:00 | Salt Lot, 2 Second Ave, Brooklyn (between 5th St and the Gowanus Canal), Brooklyn, NY, United States
Join GCC for some good old compost fun and get in shape for the Spring!! We will be using pitchforks to “turn” a compost windrow during the week.
For complete information on GCC activities and events, including an upcoming tree pruning course, go to www.gowanuscanalconservancy.org

Gowanus Canal Conservancy - Composting Gowanus Windrow Turn
2014-03-23 11:00 - 15:00 | Salt Lot, 2 Second Ave, Brooklyn (between 5th St and the Gowanus Canal), Brooklyn, NY, United States
Join GCC for some good old compost fun and get in shape for the Spring!! We will be using pitchforks to ”turn” a compost windrow during the week.
For complete information on GCC activities and events, including an upcoming tree pruning course, go to www.gowanuscanalconservancy.org

Electronic Waste Recycling Day
2014-03-29 10:00 - 16:00 | Recycling on Fifth Avenue, 5th Avenue between Sterling Pl and Douglass St, Brooklyn, NY
Drop off your unwanted or broken electronics on 5th Avenue between Sterling Place and Douglass Street. All electronics (working and non-working) will be responsibly reused or recycled at no charge.
ACCEPTING: computers, monitors, printers, scanners, cables/cords, keyboards, mice, TVs, VCRs, DVD players, stereo equipment, video gaming equipment, cell phones, and batteries*
*Please keep batteries separate from other items to be recycled and put alkaline/non-rechargeable and rechargeable batteries in separate containers.
NOT ACCEPTING: Household Appliances (i.e. kitchen equipment, air conditioners, refrigerators, microwaves, smoke and carbon monoxide detectors)
For more information on Electronic Waste Recycling Day, click here or e-mail the Lower East Side Ecology Center at: info@lesecologycenter.org or call 212-477-4022
Park Slope Civic Council
President Michael Cairl
First Vice-President Gilly Youner | Second Vice-President Jeffrey Roth
Treasurer Robert R. Gilbert | Assistant Treasurer (Acting) John Casson
Corresponding and Recording Secretary Judith Lief | Membership Secretary Cathy Sokil Milnikiewicz
Trustees-at-Large S.J. Avery | Robert Braun | Peter Bray | Darryl Cook | Joan Emerson
Elizabeth Finkelstein | Martin Goldin | Kyle Johnson | Joni Kletter
Josh Levy | Kimberly Maier | Thomas Miskel | Melinda Morris
Sarah Murphy | Chandru Murthi | Joe Rydell | Candace Woodward
The Park Slope Civic Council is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.

Vision Zero Workshop
2014-04-24 18:30 - 20:30 | Plymouth Church – Hillis Hall, 75 Hicks Street, Brooklyn
The workshops will be interactive, with participants given the opportunity to directly provide input about specific locations through mapping exercises. This is the primary mechanism by which we will be taking public input into the development of Vision Zero borough plans. Hosted by the New York City Department of Transportation.
Also see Calendar for another workshop on April 29.
For further information, please contact Assemblywoman Joan Millman’s office 718-246-4889
