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Join us at the Hall of Gowanus!

Posted April 17, 2025 by Celeste LeCompte & filed under Archaeology, Frontpage, Gowanus Life, Outreach.

From April 17 through May 11, the Hall of Gowanus is returning to our neighborhood! A community-curated archive of art, artifacts and documents related to the history and environment of… Read more »

What’s In The Air? A Community Open House with EPA Scientists

Posted February 12, 2025 by Celeste LeCompte & filed under Frontpage, Gowanus Life, Outreach, Remediation Work.

Photo of three EPA staff members on the TAGA (trace air gas analyzer) bus in February 2025.

Thanks to everyone who came out on a cold Brooklyn evening to make the TAGA bus open house a huge success. We hope you learned as much as we did (even over the roar and hum of the pumps!) and had a chance to meet some of your neighbors. We’re hoping to organize a second event in March or April; stay tuned!

Pizza Social Success!

Posted February 6, 2025 by Celeste LeCompte & filed under Gowanus Life, Outreach, Public Meeting.

It was great to see so many members of the Gowanus Community out at Valentino’s Pizza last month. Many new and long-time CAG members were there to answer questions, hear… Read more »

Remembering Linda Mariano

Posted April 2, 2021 by Eric McClure & filed under Frontpage, Gowanus Life.

Linda Mariano, a founding member of both the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group and local advocacy organization Friends and Residents of Greater Gowanus (F.R.O.G.G.), passed away on Thursday, April 1st,… Read more »

Salvatore “Buddy” Scotto, 1928-2020

Posted September 21, 2020 by Eric McClure & filed under Frontpage, Gowanus Life.

Salvatore “Buddy” Scotto, a founding member for the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group who represented the Carroll Gardens Association on the CAG, passed away on Friday, September 11, 2020, at the age… Read more »

Dredged material from Gowanus Canal 4th Street Basin: lots of junk, some artifacts

Posted June 6, 2018 by Eric McClure & filed under Archaeology, Frontpage, Gowanus Life, Remediation Work.

Recent dredging of the Gowanus Canal’s 4th Street Turning Basin, where contractors are conducting pilot work to test the efficacy of methods for cleaning and capping before rolling out the… Read more »

Tonight: Learn About Plans to Replace the Union Street Bridge

Posted April 21, 2016 by Eric McClure & filed under Gowanus Life, Public Meeting.

Tonight, April 21, at 6:30 p.m., the New York City Department of Transportation will present a proposal for replacing the Union Street Bridge to Community Board 6’s Transportation/Public Safety Committee…. Read more »

Parks and aggravation: Canal-side builders leaving cars on sidewalk

Posted January 21, 2016 by Eric McClure & filed under Gowanus Life.

Via the Brooklyn Paper: Workers who are building a controversial apartment complex on the banks of the Gowanus Canal are parking on sidewalks, say neighbors, and they haven’t stopped despite… Read more »

More Than 56,000 People Applied for 86 Affordable Apartments on Gowanus Canal

Posted January 11, 2016 by Josh Skaller & filed under Gowanus Life, Land Use.

Via DNAinfo… More than 56,000 people are vying for a chance to live next to one of America’s most polluted waterways. Some 56,058 applicants entered an online lottery for 86 affordable apartments… Read more »

In Memoriam: Bette Stoltz

Posted November 22, 2015 by Eric McClure & filed under Frontpage, Gowanus Life.

We are terribly saddened to learn of the passing of our Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group colleague, and long-time local activist, Bette Stoltz, who died Thursday, November 19 after a brief… Read more »

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