The Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council

State and City elected officials, civic groups launch campaign to reform Atlantic Yards governance

A coalition of Brooklyn elected officials and civic groups today gathered on the steps of City Hall in Manhattan today to launch the “Campaign to Reform Atlantic Yards,” an initiative to pass new legislation that would reform the governance of the Atlantic Yards project.
NYC to move intake center for all homeless men to Bedford-Atlantic Armory
Despite the City's own data that shows that 60% of all homeless individuals currently live in Manhattan, the Mayor announced last week a plan to move the City's intake center for all single men from its current location on First Avenue and 28th Street in Manhattan to the Bedford-Atlantic Armory Shelter in Crown Heights North, Brooklyn.
MAS releases pictures of delayed Atlantic Yards outcome

The Municipal Art Society has released images that for the first time show the results of expected delays in the construction of the Atlantic Yards project. The images, available at atlanticlots.com, show the current site, the buildings originally proposed, and what is currently scheduled for construction, from both western and eastern (as shown in the image above) perspectives.
P.S. 9 registration begins for fall 2008 school year
Registration for new P.S. 9 students entering in the fall of 2008 will begin on Monday, March 24.
Design Trust and GAPCo partner for Grand Army Plaza redesign competition
From a new entrance plaza for the Brooklyn Public Library, to striking new architecture, to pedestrian- and bike-friendly improvements to its traffic lanes, Grand Army Plaza has been a center of transformation in brownstone Brooklyn for the last several years.