The Co-Op School Finds a Home in Clinton Hill
After five years of using temporary space (mot recently at 241 Taaffe Place), the Co-op School, a pre-school serving the Fort Greene, Clinton Hill and Bed Stuy communities, has found a permanent home: The 60-family group will take over the Irving Place Child Development Center at 87 Irving Place between Putnam Avenue and Fulton Street…
After five years of using temporary space (mot recently at 241 Taaffe Place), the Co-op School, a pre-school serving the Fort Greene, Clinton Hill and Bed Stuy communities, has found a permanent home: The 60-family group will take over the Irving Place Child Development Center at 87 Irving Place between Putnam Avenue and Fulton Street in Clinton Hill. From what we hear, everyone is thrilled with how the long search ended up. Hopefully, it will also apply some extra pressure to law enforcement’s efforts to address the long-time, ahem, quality of life issues that have plagued Putnam Avenue. GMAP
Right on emperium. I will be in touch with you and Downing as soon as I have a firm plan.
http://bstoner.wpengine.com/brownstoner/archives/2009/02/two_fulton_lots.php was the lot I was talking about.
However, acris shows no deed transfers on this lot and the putnam/irving lot.
contact me at raggert@fastmail.fm for the neighborhood association
Right on….just so you understand, we have had all of one meeting so far about this so its not like about to launch at any moment. We are planning on putting flyers up soon enough to gauge community interest but really its in very early stages of development. But glad to know that there are other folks out there who want to do the same thing.
hey wasder. i’d love to get involved in said association as well. have lived on Downing since 2002. you can contact me at downingstreet@mailinator.com.
Hey Emperium–I have been discussing this idea with a few of my neighbors. You interested? Let me know how to reach you and I will try to loop you into discussions.
Also, in re the lot, you don’t think that the junk lot was the one sold at auction? A lot of crap has been taken out of there recently so something is going on…
you are probably talking about the lot with the carriage house on the corner of fulton and downing (massey had that for sale for ever) – that one has recently been auctioned (anybody know for how much)?
the lot on the corner of putnam and irving, pretty sure it wasn’t auctioned, however i did see the dumpster on the lot so apparently somebody is doing something…
wasder/putnamD, what about that neighborhood association?
Oh wow, Downing. I hadn’t heard about that auction sale, though I did notice some clearing out of the mess in the yard. Do you know anything about the buyer?
Brownstoner–did you hear about this?
with the after-school program there will be kids at the school until 6pm.
Wasder, I believe that those lots you speak of were just sold at auction. At least, that’s what I read on this blog sometime last week. If I’m wrong I’d love to see a community garden go in there and teach my kids how to plant and weed and eat their food they grew themselves.