West Kensington Action Group - WKAG

08/06/2022

Tomorrow, the possibility of more Open Streets and permanent public space for Kensington will be talked about at a Public Space Workshop on Beverley Road.

Street Lab will be surveying people for their ideas for Beverley Road. The survey is also available online in several languages.

Update, August 6th: Street Lab will be surveying people at tomorrow's event for their ideas fo...

03/16/2022

66TH PRECINCT, SECTOR D (KENSINGTON)
If you have any concerns about any type of crime in Kensington, attend tonight's online meeting with the two officers whose beat is Kensington.

Kensington Public Safety Meeting Wednesday, March 16th, 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The Neighborhood Coordination Officers (NCOs) for...

01/11/2022

ALBEMARLE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
Guest speakers at the next Albemarle Neighborhood Association meeting: the 66th Precinct's Neighborhood Coordination Officers ("beat cops") for Kensington and Tom Bauer, Director of Operations at the Ocean Parkway Community Development Corporation

Albemarle Neighborhood Association Wednesday, January 12th, 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The Albemarle Neighborhood Association wil...

04/14/2015

Public Workshop for Pedestrian Plaza in Kensington
Wednesday, April 29th, 7:30 p.m.
Proposed Pedestrian Plaza at McDonald Avenue and Avenue C

Kensington residents have an opportunity to get a second pedestrian plaza in our neighborhood. All we need to do is go to a meeting at P.S. 179 and explain that we want it. Community support makes a difference.

In 2012, when we wanted our first pedestrian plaza, the Department of Transportation (DOT) agreed to give it to us. It's Kensington Plaza on Beverley Road, near McDonald Avenue. If residents approve a second plaza and the community board also agrees to it, DOT will build it.

The existing, unused concrete triangle on McDonald Avenue, near the intersection of Avenue C, would be the location for this new public space. DOT would provide us with moveable tables and chairs, umbrellas, and planters. The Kensington Stewards and the Neighborhood Plaza Partnership would manage the plaza and keep it clean.

Please voice your opinion at a public workshop about this addition to our neighborhood. Offer suggestions for its design and how it could be used so it would benefit the community. Show your support for it at the workshop at P.S. 179, 202 Avenue C (between E. 2nd and E. 3rd streets), on Wednesday, April 29th, at 7:30 p.m.

To arrange for physical access to the workshop, contact Emily Weidenhof at the Department of Transportation at (212) 839-4325 or eweidenhof @ dot.nyc.gov.

The Kensington Stewards is a group of volunteers who live in Kensington and got together a few years ago to work on community projects: getting Kensington Plaza built, getting metal guards put around trees on Church Avenue, planting daffodils and other flowers by the trees, and holding sidewalk clean-up days.

Neighborhood Plaza Partnership (NPP), a program of The Horticultural Society of New York, is working with The Kensington Stewards. With their professional guidance, our plaza will be clean, green, and well-managed.

-- The Kensington Stewards

10/25/2013

On the Google Map

08/04/2013

THIS TUESDAY LET'S MEET AT GREEN TRIANGLE at 5 pm and carpool to the National Night Out event in Gravesend Park, Tues. Aug 6, 5 to 8 pm. We don't need to stay but a little while.
Let me know if you can drive or need a ride!

WEAR YOUR VEST OR MOB SHIRT PLEASE!

07/05/2013

Hello folks. Citizens Committee is coming Monday night at 7 to see what we are up to. LET's TRY AND HAVE A GREAT TURNOUT! WEAR YOUR VEST OR MOB SHIRT and BRING A FRIEND! I have new tshirts for new recruits!
REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED!

SEE YOU MONDAY AT 7 at THE GREEN TRIANGLE!

07/04/2013

COME ONE ,COME ALL! Join the Kensington Volunteer TRASH MOB and help us keep our neighborhood clean!
WHEN: This coming Monday, July 8th, 7 pm
WHERE:The GREEN TRIANGLE on Church Ave just past Dahill
WHO: All of us + YOU!
Please come and meet your neighbors and help make our neighborhood a GREAT place to live!

SNACKS and T-SHIRTS PROVIDED!

06/27/2013

A CALL TO ACTION ABOUT DEATHS ON OCEAN PARKWAY

Brooklyn Residents to Demand Ocean Parkway Safety Plan Following Pedestrian Death

City Councilmember Brad Lander provided funding one year ago for a safety upgrade at Church Avenue and Ocean Parkway, but New York State Department of Transportation has sat on its hands.

Monday’s death of neighborhood resident Ngozi Agbim, 73, reinforces the need for immediate action

WHAT: Neighborhood residents and City Council Member will launch a petition, demand a safety plan, and send a message to NYS DOT: "Our neighborhood is not a highway!"

WHEN: Friday, June 28th, 8:00 a.m.

WHERE: at the corner of Church Avenue and Ocean Parkway

WHO:
City Councilmember Brad Lander
Ryan Lynch, Tri-State Transportation Campaign
Kensington neighborhood residents

This is about saving lives!

This announcement came from Brad Lander's office.

06/06/2013

The Kensington Plaza Trash Mob and Stewards is an open and all volunteer fellowship neighbors in Brooklyn, NY devoted to the common cause of not only making our neighborhood a beautiful place to...

05/15/2013

We're building wood benches to protect the trees. They'll be tree guards you can sit on.

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