Pardon Me For Asking has all the breaking news. Marty Markowitz saves the narrow streets of Carroll  Gardens!!

Borough President Marty Markowitz approved the Carroll Gardens Wide Street Text Amendment yesterday without revision. In a 10-page document, Markowitz brought the neighborhood a step closer towards protecting it from out-of-context development.

This Text Amendment is intended to correct a mistake in the definition of Carroll

Garden’s signature garden blocks as wide streets. Wide streets are allowed larger buildings which jeopardize the scale and character of the neighborhood. Developers have taken advantage of this loophole and are breaking up the historic row house street scape.