Category Archives: Environment
Read the November 2009 FGA Newsletter
The November 2009 FGA Newsletter is available online. Click to download file Inside this edition: - Out of Scale Project Threatens the Hard Won R6B Downzoning of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill - Greenlight Bookstore: A Neighborhood Effort - FGA Grants Putting Your Donation Dollars to Work - Plus all the Goings-on in Newscenes Reach [...]
Read the Spring 2009 FGA Newsletter
The Spring 2009 FGA Newsletter is available online. Click to download file
Admiral’s Row and Army National Guard
The Fort Greene Association received a call on July 19, 2007 from the Army National Guard. It turns out that the Guard was surprised to find out that they owned Admiral’s Row in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. That discovery has set back the transfer of the property to the city and the Brooklyn Navy Yard [...]
December 2 2005 Home Heating Sticker Shock
It seems like the case every year: winter slips into our homes and the chatter of a rocketing heating cost fills the air. But this year is projected to be much worse than last — to the tune of 30 percent higher for home heating oil and 17 percent higher for electricity to heat the average brownstone.
2004 Graffiti
Graffiti Along with the recognition Fort Greene has been receiving, as of late we have also seen an increase in property tagging or graffiti. With your help we can send these “artists” packing. If you see graffiti please call Graffiti-Free Brooklyn at 718-802-3875 to report graffiti from either residential or commercial buildings. Graffiti By i.leon [...]
