May 7 will be a very busy day in Carroll Gardens with three different meetings from which to choose:

1). KeySpan/National Grid is holding the first public meetings to “discuss the remedial investigation of a former manufactured gas site located at DeGraw near the Gowanus Canal.” This is the beginning KeySpan’s participation in the public discussion on cleaning up the Gowanus gas sites. There are a total of 17 sites. Meetings on Public Place are to follow. Meeting site: PS 32 (317 Hoyt St at Union).Times: 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM and 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM

2) Borough President Marty Markowitz will hold a public meeting to discuss the pending text amendment proposed by the Department of City Planning. This text amendment will correct the inappropriate “wide street” designation currently applied to the Place blocks; they will be designated as narrow streets, as they were originally defined by law when they were created, and will match the bulk permitted on the other residential blocks of Carroll Gardens. Meeting site: Borough Hall, Community Room. Joralemon St entrance. Time: 5:30 PM

3) Plan for the Future Forum: The Gowanus, Sponsored by City Councilmember Bill DeBlasio, CB6, Gowanus Dredgers, Gowanus Canal Development Corporation and the Gowanus Canal Conservancy Representatives of the NYS Departments of Environmental Conservation, Education, City Planning, Buildings, NYPD, FDNY and NYC Parks and Recreation will be on hand to answer questions. For more info and to pre-register questions. Meeting site: 2nd St at the Gowanus Canal (off Bond). There will be a tent at the site if the weather is bad. Time: 6:30 PM-8:30 PM.