Category Archives: Zoning
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 September 2009 FGA Newsletter
The September 2009 FGA Newsletter is available online. Click to download file BAM is proud to underwrite this issue of the Fort Greene Association newsletter.
“Contextual Zoning” Passes NY City Council!
This afternoon, the New York City Council voted into law the rezoning of 99 blocks in the Fort Greene, Clinton Hill and Wallabout neighborhoods. Known as “contextual” zoning, this new zoning law will protect the character of this truly special area for generations to come. Buildings will now need to conform to height restrictions so [...]
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 [...]
Rezoning of Fort Greene/Clinton Hill “Certified”
At it’s Monday, April 23, 2007 Review Session, the New York City Planning Commission “Certified” the proposal to rezone Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. The Fort Greene Association supports this community-based planning initiative and is working to see it become law. MORE
July 2006 R6B Rezoning
- FGA Pushes for Zoning Reform - After the wake-up call of the tower at 383 Carlton Avenue, neighborhood residents launched the Joint Taskforce for the Rezoning of Clinton Hill and Fort Greene, a joint effort between the Clinton Hill Society and the FGA. Throughout the summer over seventy-five neighborhood volunteers received training guided by [...]
2006 Historic District Extension
Historic District Extension Extension/Unification of the Fort Greene and Brooklyn Academy of Music Historic Districts When the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission designated two of Brooklyn’s Historic Districts in 1978, it was a glory for neighborhood advocates, as well as an abject disappointment. What had been proposed as one great Fort Greene Historic District was now [...]
