Prospect Heights

Underhill Plaza

Location: Underhill Avenue between Atlantic Avenue and Pacific Street
Hours of operation: 24/7

The first permanent public open space to be created as a result of the Prospect Heights Open Streets program, Underhill Plaza is open to the public at all hours. During daytime and early evening hours, tables and chairs are provided for public use. Community programming is offered during the week and on weekends; consult the events schedule for details.

Tell elected officials: Keep Prospect Heights streets for people

Street safety and public space initiatives on Underhill and Vanderbilt Avenues serve thousands of New Yorkers each week, creating safer streets for cyclists and pedestrians, offering several acres of new temporary and permanent open space, and providing a venue for more than a hundred free events each year.

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[Press Release] Community organizers, elected officials and the New York City Department of Transportation celebrate the opening of the Underhill Plaza

In Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, popular neighborhood Open Streets have made their first step in a transition to permanent public spaces and calmer traffic. Today, a group of community organizers, neighbors, elected representatives and officials with the New York City Department of Transportation met to celebrate the opening of Underhill Plaza, a one-block stretch of Underhill Avenue between Atlantic Avenue and Pacific Street that has been closed to traffic in favor of creating new public space. After volunteers painted the roadbed a bright teal blue, planters and granite blocks were placed at each end of the new plaza, and moveable furniture was set up.

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Tell elected officials: Keep Prospect Heights streets for people

Street safety and public space initiatives on Underhill and Vanderbilt Avenues serve thousands of New Yorkers each week, creating safer streets for cyclists and pedestrians, offering several acres of new temporary and permanent open space, and providing a venue for more than a hundred free events each year.

Read More »

[Press Release] Community organizers, elected officials and the New York City Department of Transportation celebrate the opening of the Underhill Plaza

In Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, popular neighborhood Open Streets have made their first step in a transition to permanent public spaces and calmer traffic. Today, a group of community organizers, neighbors, elected representatives and officials with the New York City Department of Transportation met to celebrate the opening of Underhill Plaza, a one-block stretch of Underhill Avenue between Atlantic Avenue and Pacific Street that has been closed to traffic in favor of creating new public space. After volunteers painted the roadbed a bright teal blue, planters and granite blocks were placed at each end of the new plaza, and moveable furniture was set up.

Read More »
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