Church Street Station, PO Box 1779
New York, NY 10008
(212) 714-7125
Church Street Station, PO Box 1779
New York, NY 10008
(212) 714-7125
Grand Army Plaza is a public plaza that comprises the northern corner and the main entrance of Prospect Park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It consists of concentric oval rings arranged as streets, with the namesake Plaza Street comprising the outer ring. The inner ring is arranged as an ovoid roadway that carries the main street – Flatbush Avenue – with eight radial roads connecting: Vanderbilt Avenue; Butler Place; Saint John’s Place (twice); Lincoln Place; Eastern Parkway; Prospect Park West; Union Street; and Berkeley Place. The only streets that penetrate to the inner ring are Flatbush Avenue, Vanderbilt Avenue, Prospect Park West, Eastern Parkway, and Union Street.The plaza includes the Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch, the Bailey Fountain, the John F. Kennedy Monument, statues of Civil War generals Gouverneur K. Warren and Henry Warner Slocum, busts of notable Brooklyn citizens Alexander J.C. Skene and Henry W. Maxwell, and two 12-sided gazebos with "granite Tuscan columns, Guastavino vaulting, and bronze finials".
The Prospect Park Zoo is a 12acre zoo located off Flatbush Avenue on the eastern side of Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York City. Its precursor, the Menagerie, opened in 1890. The present facility first opened as a city zoo on July 3, 1935, and was part of a larger revitalization program of city parks, playgrounds and zoos initiated in 1934 by Parks Commissioner Robert Moses. It was built, in large part, through Civil Works Administration and Works Project Administration (WPA) labor and funding.After 53 years of operation as a city zoo run by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, Prospect Park Zoo closed on June 1988 for reconstruction. The closure signaled the start of a five-year, $37 million renovation program, that, save for the exteriors of the 1930s-era buildings, completely replaced the zoo. It was rededicated on October 5, 1993, as the Prospect Park Wildlife Conservation Center, joining an integrated system of four zoos and one aquarium managed by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), all of which are accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).The Prospect Park Zoo presently offers children's educational programs, is engaged in restoration of endangered species populations, runs a wildlife theater and reaches out to the local community through volunteer programs. The zoo houses nearly 630 animals representing about 101 species. It averages 300,000 visitors annually.
Bedford Avenue is the longest street in Brooklyn, New York City, stretching 10.2mi and 132 blocks from Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint south to Emmons Avenue in Sheepshead Bay, and passing through the neighborhoods of Williamsburg, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Flatbush and Midwood.Automobile traffic flows in two directions on the southern half of the avenue (south of Grant Square at Dean Street), and one-way northbound north of that location. Northbound and southbound bicycle lanes are painted on the avenue south of Grant Square. There are two New York City Subway stations named after the avenue: the Bedford Avenue station at Bedford Avenue and North 7th Street in Williamsburg, and the Bedford–Nostrand Avenues station at Bedford Avenue and Lafayette Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant. The B44 bus runs on a large part of the avenue. A short section of the avenue's extreme north end, east of Lorimer Street, is bidirectional.The many different building types common in Brooklyn are evident at some point on the avenue, from attached and detached single-family houses in Sheepshead Bay and Midwood, to brownstone rowhouses in Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant, to medium and large apartment buildings in Williamsburg and Greenpoint. In addition, the avenue passes through neighborhoods representative of Brooklyn's famous cultural and ethnic diversity. African-American, Hasidic, Hispanic, Russian, and Polish neighborhoods are all found along the avenue.
Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum is a local station on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Washington Avenue and Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn adjacent to the Brooklyn Museum, it is served by the 2 and 3 trains, the latter of which is replaced by the 4 train during late nights. The name of the station was originally intended to be Institute Park.HistoryOn October 10, 1920, three stations that were not ready to be opened with the rest of the line, at Bergen Street, Grand Army Plaza and Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum, were opened.During the 1964–1965 fiscal year, the platforms at Eastern Parkway, along with those at four other stations on the Eastern Parkway Line, were lengthened to 525 feet to accommodate a ten-car train of 51-foot IRT cars.Station layoutThere are two local tracks with two side platforms. The express tracks pass underneath the station and are not visible from the platforms. A large mosaic displays Eastern Parkway and the Brooklyn Museum. On the platforms and the eastern mezzanine are abstract art paintings, created in 1991 by artist Pat Steir and collectively called the Brueghel Series. There is an emergency exit from the express level at the south end of each platform. There is an unused western mezzanine containing turnstiles and a token booth with a door hidden in the tiles; the entrance to this mezzanine has been removed on street level.
Clinton–Washington Avenues is a local station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located on Fulton Street between Clinton Avenue and Washington Avenue, it is served by the C train at all times except nights, when the A train takes over service.HistoryThis underground station opened on April 9, 1936, and replaced the BMT Fulton Street El. The Vanderbilt Avenue El station, which was formerly near the current subway station, closed on May 31, 1940.Under the 2015–2019 MTA Capital Plan, the station, along with thirty other New York City Subway stations, will undergo a complete overhaul and would be entirely closed for up to 6 months. Updates would include cellular service, Wi-Fi, charging stations, improved signage, and improved station lighting.Station layoutThis station has four tracks, consisting of two outer tracks with side platforms and two inner tracks for express service. The wall tiles have a lime green trim with darker green borders. The name tablets have "CLINTON – WASHINGTON AV." on a green background with a lighter green borders. The tile directional signs underneath the trim are black with white lettering. There are also black and white signs reading "CLINTON" and "WASHINGTON."
Grand Army Plaza is a local station on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line of the New York City Subway. It is located in Park Slope, Brooklyn, underneath Flatbush Avenue at its northwest intersection with Grand Army Plaza. It is served by the 2 and 3 trains, the latter of which is replaced by the 4 train during late nights.HistoryGrand Army Plaza opened on October 10, 1920 as part of the opening of the IRT Eastern Parkway Line, an extension of the Brooklyn IRT from Atlantic Avenue to Eastern Parkway – Brooklyn Museum. This extension was part of an expansion of the subway system known as the Dual Contracts which built not only IRT lines in Brooklyn but also those for the BMT. The BMT Brighton Line was already in use at the time but used trackage that is now part of the Franklin Avenue Shuttle; the opening of the subway line beneath Flatbush Avenue provided a more direct route to Downtown Brooklyn and, eventually, Manhattan.
Franklin Avenue–Botanic Garden is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the IRT Eastern Parkway Line and the BMT Franklin Avenue Line. Located at the intersection of Franklin Avenue and Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, it is served by the: 2, 4, and Franklin Avenue Shuttle (S) trains at all times 3 train at all times except late nights 5 train on weekdays The station complex is named for its proximity to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The free transfer between the Eastern Parkway and Franklin Avenue shuttle platforms was added in 1999 using a passageway that had existed since October 1928, when the BMT Botanic Garden station opened.The 1999 artwork here is called IL7/Square by Millie Burns. It features iron shapes of leaves on the fence that surrounds the station entrance.BMT Franklin Avenue Line platformsBotanic Garden on the BMT Franklin Avenue Line has two tracks and two side platforms. The station is named for the nearby Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
The buildings at 375-379 Flatbush Avenue and 185-187 Sterling Place are a historic group of four commercial and residential buildings located in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. They were built in 1885 and are in the Neo-Grec style with Second Empire elements. The 377-379 Flatbush Avenue building is a 3.5-story masonry structure with a commercial ground floor, apartments above, and a distinctive corner tower with pyramidal roof. It features a mansard roof. The 375 Flatbush Avenue building is a commercial/residential structure identical in form to 377-379 Flatbush Avenue, but without a mansard roof. The 185-187 Sterling Place buildings are two single family row houses built as companions to the other buildings.The buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, and are located within the Prospect Heights Historic District created by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 2009.
Dean Street was a New York City Subway station on the BMT Franklin Avenue Line. Located on Dean Street west of Franklin Avenue in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, it was serviced by the Franklin Avenue Shuttle.HistoryDean Street station had the unusual distinction of being opened and closed twice in its history, though the line it served continues in operation.The Kings County Elevated Railway was connected to the Brighton Beach Line in 1896 by means of a ramp and short elevated line from a point south of the latter railroad's terminal at Atlantic and Franklin Avenues in Brooklyn. The local property owners were promised a station on the elevated structure near the old Bedford Terminal, and one was established by 1897 at Dean Street, nearly adjacent to the former terminal, which was closed. The station was not well patronized and the elevated company closed it in 1899. An uproar ensued, including appeals to the State Railroad Commission. On October 28, 1901, Dean Street was opened for the second time.The station continued to be poorly patronized, as it was only a few hundred feet from the Franklin Avenue station, which was located at the busy intersection of Fulton Street and Franklin Avenue. Nevertheless, Dean Street was upgraded to handle six-car subway trains with the rest of the Franklin Avenue Line in 1924.However, through the 1970s and 1980s, the Dean Street station deteriorated with other stations on the line. In 1985, the station had only 133 paying daily riders on a typical weekday in 1985 not counting farebeaters, making it one of the least used stations in the system.
Thornhill Community Supportive Services Incorporated a 501 (C) 3 non-for-profit organization. We are dedicated to the elevation of the quality of life of the disadvantaged and forgotten populations of our urban cities. Thornhill is comprised of caring professionals who live and work in these communities. We have a vested interest through our children, seniors and homes. Through giving back of our time, experiences, knowledge and our resources we are committed to improving our communities one life at a time. We teach our children by serving as a role models. We serve as advocates who empower people with disabilities, mental illness, youth, seniors, children at risk and people recently incarcerated.
The Walt L. Shamel Community Garden (also known as the Dean North Community Garden) is a registered GreenThumb Community Garden located on Dean Street in Crown Heights Brooklyn. We have events all summer long, so make sure to Like our page to keep up to date!
University Settlement at Atlantic Terminal Community Center offers a wide range of FREE programs for the entire family - from after-school and summer camp, to sports teams, fitness classes, mentoring, and more. Atlantic Terminal has something for everyone!
The Prospect Park Alliance partners with the City of New York to ensure the ongoing care and long-term stewardship of Brooklyn’s flagship park. We care for the natural environment, restore historic design and provide public programs and amenities for the Park, which receives more than 10 million visits each year.
Bhakti Dojo is a Brooklyn-based kirtan group hosted by Srikala and Jesse Johnson. We lead an open kirtan practice every Sunday afternoon at our home in Brooklyn, where we chant the holy names and share stories and poems from the ancient mystics. "Bhakti" describes the qualities of devotion, surrender and divine love. "Dojo" is a place for practice and discipline. Bhakti Dojo's mission is to spread the joys and blessings of the holy name and offer support for the life transformations that come along with regular practice. We are storytellers and musicians, dancers and poets, teachers and servants, and we offer all this service in love.