Construction Under Way on GAP Pedestrian Islands
As Streetsblog noticed last Friday, construction has begun on the pedestrian improvements coming to Grand Army Plaza. At present, a pedestrian plaza is going in at the north end of GAP, near the...
View ArticleGAP Streetscape Improvements Looking Good
DOT’s streetscape revamps at Grand Army Plaza, which started in the summer, continue to be put into place. The street has been repaved, new crosswalks have been painted, and the last of the bicycle...
View ArticleGAP Redesign Celebrated but Plaza St. Bike Lane Shelved
Yesterday officials gathered to celebrate the redesign of Grand Army Plaza, a project that was years in the making and has resulted in new pedestrian islands, crosswalks and bicycle connections. DOT...
View ArticleA Walking Tour of the Park Slope Historic District
This post courtesy of Explore Brooklyn, an all-inclusive guide to the businesses, neighborhoods, and attractions that make Brooklyn great. More Walking Tours: Bay Ridge The Park Slope Historic...
View ArticleYear-Round Vendors at Brooklyn Greenmarkets
This post courtesy of Explore Brooklyn, an all-inclusive guide to the businesses, neighborhoods, and attractions that make Brooklyn great. Luckily, thanks to the non-profit GrowNYC, we Brooklynites...
View ArticleConstruction Under Way on GAP Pedestrian Islands
As Streetsblog noticed last Friday, construction has begun on the pedestrian improvements coming to Grand Army Plaza. At present, a pedestrian plaza is going in at the north end of GAP, near the...
View ArticleGAP Streetscape Improvements Looking Good
DOT's streetscape revamps at Grand Army Plaza, which started in the summer, continue to be put into place. The street has been repaved, new crosswalks have been painted, and the last of the bicycle...
View ArticleGAP Redesign Celebrated but Plaza St. Bike Lane Shelved
Yesterday officials gathered to celebrate the redesign of Grand Army Plaza, a project that was years in the making and has resulted in new pedestrian islands, crosswalks and bicycle connections. DOT...
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A Walking Tour of the Park Slope Historic District
This post courtesy of Explore Brooklyn, an all-inclusive guide to the businesses, neighborhoods, and attractions that make Brooklyn great. More Walking Tours: Bay Ridge The Park Slope Historic...
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How the Death-O-Meter Helped Brooklynites Promote Street Safety in the 1920s
In the 1920s, Brooklyn's increasing number of automobiles turned the borough's streets into a treacherous place for drivers and pedestrians alike. Safety advocates' way to bring this to the public's...
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5 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza
The dignified entrance to both Prospect Park and Eastern Parkway, Grand Army Plaza remains a central landmark in Brooklyn more than 100 years since its creation. One of the park's first completed...
View ArticleBrooklyn Flea Coming to Grand Army Plaza on Sundays
The beloved Brooklyn Flea is widening its borough footprint with an expansion to Grand Army Plaza, the organization announced on Monday. Grand Army Market, as this location has been dubbed, , will...
View ArticleCar Rental Just Got Cheaper
Most of the time, you do just fine without a car. But…maybe the weather is lousy, or you have to do just a little more shopping than you can carry, or maybe you don’t feel like braving the weekend...
View ArticleHow to Celebrate New Year’s Eve 2016 in Brooklyn
If you're looking for something to do in Brooklyn for New Year's, you've got no shortage of options to ring in 2017. Celebrate the 150th Anniversary of Prospect Park 2017 is the 150th anniversary of...
View ArticleFloat Some Ideas With Democracy Lab at Grand Army Plaza
A bubble-like pavilion will be touching down by the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Arch for a week of civic engagement. Spacebuster -- a mobile, inflatable pavilion that can fit 100 people -- will be set up in...
View ArticleThe Grand Army Plaza Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Arch Lights Up the Night
While traffic hurled around Grand Army Plaza Monday night a small group cast their eyes on the memorial arch as its usual purple glow was augmented with a new brilliance. The temporary new look was a...
View ArticleKick Off Hanukkah Celebrations With the Largest Menorah in Brooklyn
It's been presiding over Hanukkah celebrations at Grand Army Plaza for over thirty years and it's time once again for the lighting of the 32-foot menorah. The first night of Hanukkah kicks off on...
View ArticleCrafting the Ideal: The City Beautiful Movement in Brooklyn
Editor’s note: This story is an update of one that ran in 2009. Read the original here. At the turn of the 20th century, reformers in American cities were aware that the great advances of industry and...
View ArticleA Human Fly Once Inched Up the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Arch
On a late September afternoon in 1918, a behatted gentleman dressed all in white began inching his way up the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Arch while a crowd of onlookers gazed up at his antics from...
View ArticleProspect Park Installation From Artist Mary Mattingly Addresses City’s...
The subject of Brooklyn-based artist Mary Mattingly’s latest sculpture, “Public Water,” currently on view at the Grand Army Plaza entrance to Prospect Park, has long been a topic of interest and source...
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