Bloomberg and Greenpoint
October 5th, 2007
Mayor Michael Bloomberg spoke at a town hall style meeting yesterday in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and fielded questions from residents. Brooklyn 11211 reported on it, and mentioned that the Department of Planning finished its contextual zoning study for the area, which proposes zoning rules to ensure that local development would be consistent with the current character of the neighborhood.
The blog also noted with disappointment that many of the problems accompanying the recent spate of development there – like lax zoning enforcement, construction safety, and the enforcement of stop work orders – were not discussed.
A conversation over construction safety did ensue, however, and Patricia Lancaster, the commissioner of the Department of Buildings, said she would send out more inspectors and new special enforcement teams. But Brooklyn 11211 derided these as the typical responses and not helpful, although the blog was happy to hear Bloomberg commit to getting involved.
[Via Gowanus Lounge]
By Mike Muller on October 5, 2007, 9:26 amIn category: Land Use | 2 Comments »


October 8th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
Save The G was also on hand, and had this to contribute:
“We noted that the V train was created from G subway cars in 2001; that’s when the G was reduced to 4-car trains. Since then, the V has consistently had the lowest ridership counts in the transit system — and ridership on the G has soared. STG has proposed returning some of those V train subway cars back to their original G line, and asked Mayor Bloomberg to push the MTA to consider the proposal.”
October 9th, 2007 at 8:53 pm
What about re-opening Engine 212?
The population is booming, how do you CLOSE a Firehouse in response to this growth?