Prospect Lefferts Gardens Neighborhood Association

For more information contact us at info@plgna.org.

PLGNA was incorporated in 1969 by PLG residents who opposed unfair real estate and bank practices like redlining and wanted to form a working interracial neighborhood. One of its first projects was to document 300 abandoned and 300 deteriorating buildings within the neighborhood. In 1973, PLGNA became involved in a landmark legal battle to combat redlining. Over the years, it has helped tenants to organize unions and blocks to form associations; supported safety programs; transported seniors; developed youth programs; and served as an umbrella organization for other neighborhood groups.

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Books for NYC Schools - donation box at Kdog

Books for NYC Schools Sadly, in this day, there are schools that do not have libraries.

ReadThis and The Center for Fiction are holding a very special event on April 10th to celebrate reading and raise books for NYC schools.

To donate books, please stop by Kdog Cafe(43 Lincoln rd) and drop off new and gently used books.

ReadThis is a non-profit organization that promotes reading and gets books to those who need them.

For more information about the April 10th event visit http://booksfornyckids.blogspot.com

Housing Committee Screening of FUREE Film, Saturday March 13

Date: March 13 (Saturday) from 4pm - 6pm at Church of the Evangel (1950 Bedford Ave, corner of bedford and hawthorne)

We will be screening “Some Place Like Home” - a film made by Families United for Racial and Economic Equality (FUREE) and having a discussion about housing issues in PLG as a step toward a broader organizing effort.

About the Film (via furee)

Some Place Like Home tells the stories of community residents and small businesses that are displaced to make way for high-end retail and luxury condominiums to the area. It depicts the pulling out of Downtown Brooklyn and Fort Greene’s legacy of being a once-forgotten neighborhood built from the ground up by generations of low-income and working families from all walks of life. Small business owners that have helped to make the area the 3rd largest retail district in New York City talk about the deferment of their dreams as entrepreneurs. It reveals practices and policies used to support massive real estate projects as the historical, economic and cultural fabric of the area is torn apart. It follows the battle of community residents and small businesses as they fight for some place like home.

Working with PLGNA Series - Sterling Street Block Association

In the second installment of “Working with PLGNA”, we talk to Candida Brooks-Harrison. She’s the Secretary for the Sterling Street Block Association between Washington and Bedford. Candida is also an active member of the PLGNA board.

Sterling Street Block Association is the longest, continuously running block association in PLG with 54 prosperous and challenging years.

Click here to watch more videos in the series.

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Working with PLGNA Series - Midwood 2 Block Association

This is the first in a series of videos exploring the many organizations in the neighborhood and how they’ll work with PLGNA to create a better place to live.

We took a few minutes to talk to Jamie Yuenger, the President of the Midwood 2 Block Association located between Bedford and Rogers. Thanks Jamie! for being such a good sport.

Stay tuned for more videos.

Find the Midwood 2 Block Association Site at http://www.midwoodstreet.org/.

More info about the series…

If you would like us to interview or work with your organization, please email us at info@plgna.org.

Project coordinators include PLGNA board members Deborah Mutnick, Nelson Simon, and me (Martin Ruiz)