Fort Greene Association Meeting- October 15

October 2018 FGA Newsletter

Bringing You News From Fort Greene Brooklyn’s

Neighborhood Association

Fort Greene Association – October General Meeting

Date: October 15, 2018
Time: Door opens at 7:00pm- meeting starts at 7:30pm
Location: Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church

85 South Oxford (corner of Lafayette)

South Oxford entrance, Jarvie Room,

TOPIC: DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES / CREATING ANSWERS

Topic: Two Rezoning Applications Coming Before Community Board 2

Speaker: Ernest Augustus, long-standing board member of Community Board 2 and member of the CB2 Land Use Committee:

1.) 809 Atlantic Avenue (aka 500 Clinton Ave.)

Application to rezone to R9/C2-5. Lot 1, a 29-story bldg & Lot 59, a 4- story bldg. (B)

2.) 570 Fulton Street

(between Flatbush Ave. – Rockwell Place)

Application to rezone from C6-4 district to C6-9 district in the special Downtown Brooklyn District (SDBD).

CB2 Hearing on 809 Atlantic Ave:

Date: Wednesday October 17, 2018,

Time: 6:00pm.

Place: NYU Tandon School of Engineering, Dibner Bldg, Rm LC400 off Metrotech Commons, Brooklyn NY

Topic: “Protecting Walt Whitman’s Last Standing Residence in New York“

One of Walt Whitman’s last surviving homes is right here in Fort Greene / Clinton Hill at 99 Ryerson Street. We have two expert speakers on the topic.

Speakers:

Karen Karbiener

Professor NYU Liberal Studies and

President Walt Whitman Initiative

Professor Karbiener has been actively involved in this site where Walt Whitman drafted “Leaves of Grass”

Brad Vogel

Executive Director at New York Preservation Archive Project

With a new Chair of LPC, preservationists have recently made a renewed effort to landmark Walt Whitman’s last standing home in New York.

You can sign the petition if you support this cause.

Topic: Preserve Our Brooklyn Neighborhoods Files Lawsuit

Speakers:

Lucy Koteen and Sandy Reiburn, well known Fort Greene community activists and founders of Preserve our Brooklyn Neighborhoods:

Lawsuit filed on Thursday October 11, 2018 against the City of NY, the NYC Planning Commission against the South Portland rezoning for violating 2007 contextual zoning.

See the filing details

Topic: Small Business Jobs Survival Act

The S.B.J.S.A, in creating a small business lease program, could help support vanishing small businesses. The new legislation is going before the City Council this week.

Speakers:

Harry Bubbins, East Village and Special Projects Director. Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation

Harry recently published this article in City Limits on the S.B.J.S.A.

Kirsten Theodos

Founder, TakeBackNYC

Kirsten is the founder of TakeBackNY a member of the Alliance for a Human Scale NYC. She recently published an Op-Ed in The Villager about the S.B.J.S.A

There will be a hearing on the legislation on October 22, 1:00pm. City Council – File #: Int 0737-2018.

One hour prior at noon a rally is planned at city hall.

REMINDER: Public Hearing on Proposed Amendments to Landmark Preservation Commission Rules

Date: Tues, October 16, 2018
Location: Landmarks Preservation Commission, 1 Centre Street, NY, NY 10017

FGA Nov. Open Meeting

Mark your calendar for our next fall open meeting and the last open meeting of 2018.

Date: Tues, Nov. 13th
Time: Doors open at 7pm
Place: Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian

85 South Oxford Street

(bet. Fulton – Lafayette Aves.)

www.lapcbrooklyn.org

Meeting agenda is TBD.

FGA Annual Holiday Party

It’s never too early to save the date for a holiday party. This year’s annual Fort Greene Association holiday party will be on the first Friday in December.

Friday, Dec. 7th, 2018

Stay tuned for more event details.

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