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
PutnamD–what’s up? When are we going to have our pow-wow?
The owner of the antique store uses it more as a warehouse for his sales on the road. This is great news – I thought it was odd that the space was still empty. I’ve sort of missed the little devils looking down at me in my yard and telling me my capri pants were sissy (which of course is true!).
Sorry. Misread your first post. Yes, it would be great to have a few more open businesses on that stretch, but improving the health of the ones that do already exist should be a natural outgrowth of the school. As for hours I would assume that the school lets out around 4:00 so between 3:30 and 4:00 there should be quite a volume of children and parents swarming that corner. Don’t know about that antiques store. There are still things in the window but I don’t see too much activity. BTW, One of the goals of a prospective neighborhood association would be to put a community garden in the big junk lot on Putnam between Downing and irving.
I moved to Ch in 99.
Having a few business’ opened after 6p on the stretch opposite outpost is what i was aiming at, anything to encourage more foot traffic would help overall- for intstance after dark irving btwn. putnam and fulton is deserted, I wonder how late the co-op intends to stay open daily? and is that antique store still operating?
Downing by LAw–how long have you lived in the neighborhood? I have only been around this neck of Clinton Hill for 6 months. I do think that this added foot traffic will be good for Outpost (which doesn’t really need more business as far as I can tell) and Michael Allen (which probably could use the business). I am talking with some neighbors both on Irving and Putnam about starting a neighborhood association for these blocks. Want to join?
I hope this also spurs/supports more commercial activity on fulton to compliment outpost and Michael Allen deserts.
There is no doubt putnam is progressing(slowly) but with each new step I feel that progress may speed up, a shooting free summer would sure be nice but unlikely.
What about the school What? What do you think about that?
“But we don’t think that means one should stop wanting it to improve more.”
Let’s move all the Black people out! That’s a great idea Brownstoner! I’ll get started on it right away!
The What
Someday this war is gonna end…
What, don’t think we’re disagreeing then–it has improved quite a bit in the 3.5 years we’ve been on the block. But we don’t think that means one should stop wanting it to improve more.