Police Department
65 6th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217
The Brooklyn 78th Police Precinct is located just west of Prospect Heights, overseeing both the Gowanus and Park Slope neighborhoods. As of 2014, the precinct reported a drop of 7.95% in crime rate since 2013, a slow but steady improvement as the neighborhood undergoes a massive transformation from industrial and residential properties into Brooklyn’s next cultural hotspot.
FDNY Emergency Medical Service
347 Bond Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231
The FDNY EMS Station 32 is located on the northern end of Gowanus. This emergency medical service station in place of a typical ladder company addresses the safety needs of incoming residents, while acknowledging the reality of a modest population in an industrial neighborhood. GOWANUS OVERVIEW
Activism
History of Community Engagement…show more content… In the 1840s, industrialization took over America, and the creek underwent visible changes as New York elected officials decided to convert it into a canal to promote an efficient transportation system. The canal, as a shipyard and port, became active, but not without consequence. Industrial power plants discharged pollution into the canal. And as commercial traffic increased exponentially through Gowanus Canal, so did contamination. It wasn’t until the 20th century that engineers and city planners began to seek solutions to this problem. Today, many community and activist organizations are continuing these efforts to clean the canal and revitalize the neighborhood, which has been out of order for far too long. This ongoing movement of environmental stewardship is one of the hallmarks of Gowanus’s growing population of progressive
