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“Atlantic Yards” Public Input Workshop

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 25, 2006 | No Comments

Tuesday, July 25, 7 pmDuryea Presbyterian Church362 Sterling Place. Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods DEIS Handbook Workshop The COUNCIL OF BROOKLYN NEIGHBORHOODS ("CBN") today (July 12, 2006) announced additional times and locations for the series of meetings they are holding to prepare the community to respond to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Brooklyn […]

Williamsburg Bike Parking Woes

By Aaron Donovan | Jul 25, 2006 | 7 Comments

A Streetsblog tipster writes in with a nice slice-of-life dispatch: I was on North 7th street in Williamsburg this morning and I passed a young woman locking up her bike in front of a residential building. There were a handful of old-timers in front of their building complaining about the bikes — "pretty soon there’ll […]

“Atlantic Yards” Public Input Workshop

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 20, 2006 | No Comments

Thursday, July 20, 7 pmSt. Francis College, Callahan Center182 Remsen Street. Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods DEIS Handbook Workshop The COUNCIL OF BROOKLYN NEIGHBORHOODS ("CBN") today (July 12, 2006) announced additional times and locations for the series of meetings they are holding to prepare the community to respond to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the […]

“Atlantic Yards” Public Input Workshop

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 18, 2006 | No Comments

Tuesday, July 18, 7 pm Park Slope Methodist Church 493 8th Street at 6th Avenue. Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods DEIS Handbook Workshop The COUNCIL OF BROOKLYN NEIGHBORHOODS ("CBN") today (July 12, 2006) announced additional times and locations for the series of meetings they are holding to prepare the community to respond to the Draft Environmental […]

Atlantic Yards Hearing Set for… When You’re Out of Town

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 18, 2006 | 9 Comments

The view up Fifth Avenue in Brooklyn, looking northward. Before Frank Gehry and After. Renderings by Jonathan Cohn, BrooklynViews The Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Forest City Ratner’s "Atlantic Yards" project in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn was released today. It can be found here on the Empire State Development Corporation’s web site. The release of this […]

Traffic Engineering by Body Count

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 17, 2006 | 2 Comments

Van Brunt and Wolcott Streets. Before paint, July 7. After paint, July 14. The New York Observer’s Real Estate reported that the woman struck by a mini-van pulling out of the Fairway Market parking lot in Red Hook on Thursday, July 6, has died. The Daily News identified her as Janett Ramos, 45, of Sunset […]

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