We initiate projects and advocacy campaigns to preserve and enhance the park as a vital environmental and cultural resource for the community for generations to come.
A proposed rezoning is underway for 395 Flatbush Extension (between Dekalb and Fulton), for a new 72-story, 840-foot-tall building that would be the second tallest tower in Brooklyn.
We have significant concerns about the impacts of the 395 Flatbush Ext. project on Fort Greene Park. As currently designed, the tower would cast substantial shadows on the park, making it more difficult to reseed and restore the park’s lawns. The Park would also feel the impact of additional unmitigated use. An estimated 2,500 people and over 1,000 dogs would live at 395 Flatbush Ext.
We need your help to demand that the developers to make modifications and mitigations to the design.
Let’s share it by being mindful of how we all show up and what we leave behind.
Please take a minute to think about what you do in the park and what your loved ones, like your pets and kids, do too. What you do—and don’t do—affects others in the park!
We’re excited to share that park improvements breaking ground in the coming year will bring needed upgrades for the long-term sustainability and accessibility of the park. With new infrastructure, ADA-compliant entrances, attention to maintaining the natural diversity and health of the landscape, and greater recreational amenities, these improvements are a vital investment in the park’s environmental health and will ensure that the park remains accessible and serves the community for generations to come.
Based on best care practices for the maintenance and establishment of new lawns, as well in consideration of the feedback that we received through this survey, NYC Parks has decided to make the entire Central Lawn passive and on-leash only through the summer.
Thanks to the 2000+ of you who signed the petition!
UPDATE: The Eds and Meds Planning Framework will not be published!
The Eds and Meds Planning Framework will not be presented to the City Planning Commission on Monday March 27 and will not be published on their website.
Council Member Crystal Hudson agreed with us and all of you that the community must be engaged before any planning document is released. Thanks to Crystal for her leadership in advocating that the voices of the Fort Greene community be heard!
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For decades, Fort Greene Park’s largest lawn was known simply as “the dust bowl.” In 2021, in partnership with NYC Parks, Central Park Conservancy, and Fort Greene PUPS, we launched the Lawn Pilot, an initiative to restore the central lawn so all park users—people and dogs—can continue to enjoy this area of the park for active and passive use for years to come.
