News from the past week:
Schools Are Safer Without Metal Detectors and Harsh Discipline (RaceWire)
A Nurturing Network Grows in Bushwick (City Limits)
Rainforest activists: High Line wood a ‘pour’ choice (The Villager)
Grassroots arts center is rebuilding ‘green,’ from ground up on L.E.S. (The Villager)
Salvation Army Makes a Summer Appearance (City Room)
Maps Point Cyclists to Unexpected Places (City [...]
Since proximity to the L train greatly increases the chances of gentrification for a neighborhood, Bushwick has rapidly grown to include many new bars, cafes, and—apparently—”sustainable” mini golf. The Putting Lot recently opened up just in time for (an unusually rainy) summer off the Jefferson stop of the L train.
Bushwick is a historically industrial [...]
Nostrand Park (a blog and website dedicated to the community of Crown Heights, Brooklyn) has announced its Day of Service, which is to take place on Saturday, June 27, and is just the first in a series of community service events planned in the neighborhood.
The Day of Service is a partnership among various local organizations, [...]
On the Idealist.org blog, Scott wrote about an initiative called the 3/50 Project, which encourages us to keep our local, independently-owned businesses in business. They propose selecting your three favorite indie businesses, and spending $50 at them each month.
They argue that your participation in this project would really stimulate your community and economy:
For every $100 [...]
Congratulations to the founders of ioby.org, which just launched a few days ago! It’s a website that “connects donors and volunteers to environmental projects in their neighborhoods to inspire new environmental knowledge and action in New York City.”
The cool thing about the site is that it’s so local; it allows you to get involved in [...]
Do you ever wish that your community group’s work, or what’s happening in your neighborhood or on your block, was deemed important enough to make it into the news?
WNYC, New York’s nonprofit public radio station, is opening up lines of communication to the public, so you can tell journalists what’s on your mind.
You can make [...]
Looking to make a positive change in your community? Check out this free day-long workshop on how to make positive transformations in your neighborhood. Organized by the Municipal Art Society of New York, the Livable Neighborhood Program Training will run from 8:30a.m. to 5:30p.m. on Saturday, May 16. It’s open to the public, though advance [...]
The neighborhood of Williamsburg resides on the east bank of the East River in north Brooklyn. It’s connected to Manhattan by the L, J, M and (soon to be defunct) Z subway lines as well as the over-100-year-old Williamsburg Bridge. Around the time the bridge was built, the neighborhood was an industrial center pocketed [...]
The City Room did a piece recently on the types of discussions being sparked on blogs about New York City neighborhoods.
Blogs (or discussion forums) that are so locally focused can provide a lot of useful information that can’t be found in the news or elsewhere online: why a local mom-and-pop shop is closing, what day [...]
Browsing along in Curbed the other day, I came across a video that of course I, being a quasi-hipster, potentially-yuppie, near-suburban (although I’ve never lived in the suburbs, I have lived in the Midwest), organic-loving person would logically adore: Streetfilm’s Williamsburg Walks. The event, which opens up Bedford Avenue to pedestrians for a day, is [...]
