The Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council
Starting this month, two projects that have been anticipated for quite some time are hitting the streets in Prospect Heights.
Signage and speed humps for Prospect Heights' Neighborhood Slow Zone (NSZ) are now being installed (like the signs pictured above at the corner of Park Place and Carlton Avenue). Prospect Heights was one of 15 communities chosen for a NSZ by the Department of Transportation in October 2013. PHNDC's application was among 74 received by DOT, and received the strong support of location elected officials and more than 1,300 residents. DOT's plan for the Prospect Heights NSZ was approved by Community Board 8 in June 2015.
On Tuesday, May 26, the Transportation Committee of Brooklyn Community Board 8 approved a plan by the New York City Department of Transportation to implement a Neighborhood Slow Zone (NSZ) in Prospect Heights. In October 2013, Prospect Heights was one of 15 neighborhoods selected from among 74 applicants to receive a NSZ. PHNDC applied to the program on behalf of Prospect Heights, gathering support from more than 1,300 individuals through an online petition.
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is starting Earth Day with a special bike-to-work ride from Grand Army Plaza to Borough hall, and you're invited!
The event will begin with a press conference at 8:00AM Wednesday, April 22 at Grand Army Plaza. Following the press conference, participants will ride down Vanderbilt Avenue and turn left onto Bergen Street, then on to Borough Hall, showcasing the bike lanes added to Brooklyn neighborhoods over the last decade.
Bring your bike and join the fun. The ride is sponsored by Borough President Adams, CitiBike, Transportation Alternatives, PHNDC and other Brooklyn civic organizations.
At the April CB8 Transportation Committee meeting, representatives from the Brooklyn Department of Transportation will present plans for implementing a Neighborhood Slow Zone in Prospect Heights. In 2012, PHNDC gathered more than 1,300 petition signatures and received 35 letters of support for the proposed NSZ from elected officials, civic groups, schools, daycare centers, residential facilities and houses of worship. Prospect Heights was chosen for a NSZ in 2013.
Community Board meetings are an opportunity for community members to hear about neighborhood developments related to land use, economic development, social services, transportation, open space and more.
The agenda for the April 9 meeting is as follows:
A coalition of neighborhood groups, merchants associations, and elected officials representing Downtown and brownstone Brooklyn today announced a town hall meeting to discuss how to address the challenge posed to all New Yorkers by crumbling transportation infrastructure, growing congestion, and rising tolls and transit fares. The focus of the town hall meeting will be a plan put forward by Move NY, a transportation policy group.