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Bedford-Stuyvesant

March 20, 2013

Locals Hope to Turn Two Vacant Lots Into Community Gardens

The lots need community board approval, according to an organizing group.

Forest Hills

March 15, 2013

Environmental Group Calls for Queens 'High Line' Feasibility Study

The Trust for Public Land is looking for a company to examine the feasibility of building the QueensWay.

Elmhurst

February 18, 2013

Elmhurst Residents Pitch in for Dunningham Triangle Renovation Plan

After soliciting responses from 130 people, the 82nd Street Partnership will present a plan to the city.

Hell's Kitchen & Clinton

December 19, 2012

Park Near Lincoln Tunnel Proposed by Hell's Kitchen Groups

The park would run along one block of Dyer Avenue near the Lincoln Tunnel.

Bedford-Stuyvesant

September 11, 2012

Brooklyn Kibbutz Glows in Former Candle Factory

Residents of a candle factory turned creative living space in Bed-Stuy share (almost) everything.

Chelsea

May 14, 2012

Group Plans Pop-up Park at Unused Chelsea Sanitation Lot

The Friends of 20th Street Park plan to use the area around a city-owned lot as a park on Sunday.

Williamsburg

May 04, 2012

Cooper Park Barbecue Grills Bring Neighbors to a Boil

Neighbors are protesting the barbecues that the Parks Department began installing this week.

Chelsea & Hell's Kitchen

October 17, 2011

Affordable Housing Moves Forward at 20th Street Park Site

A city department has nixed 26 other sites for alternative housing and is set to move forward with plans to build on a site neighbors want to see become a park.

Chelsea & Hell's Kitchen

October 12, 2011

'Ranger' Patrols Tiny Park in Chelsea

Ranger Bob, in charge of a tiny park in Chelsea, wants to see similar "microparks" around the neighborhood.

Washington Heights & Inwood

June 08, 2011

Yeshiva University Looks to Create Pedestrian Plaza in Washington Heights

Yeshiva University is reviving a plan to create a one-block public plaza beside its campus on West 185th Street.