OUR MISSION
Founded in 1912, Gramercy Neighborhood Associates, Inc., is one of the oldest community groups in New York City.

GNA is dedicated to enhancing the aesthetic qualities and historic character of the Gramercy neighborhood and to developing a sense of community.

We are committed to an ongoing dialogue and exchange of ideas and opinions among the Board, membership and neighbors to support our mutual goals.

We communicate actively on issues that impact the quality of our lives, through membership and participation in community organizations.

The current GNA Board President is Alan Krevis.

PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPS
GNA undertakes many activities and projects, such as the sponsorship of the Bishop's Crook Lampposts installed in the Gramercy neighborhood, and numerous ongoing Community Partnerships.

GNA is one of the participants in the annual Gramercy Park Neighborhood Festival held each Spring, and we have been an active participant for the past 7 years. (We would like to thank Community Board 5 and Community Board 6 for their fine help in this event.)

COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
School of the Future (127 E. 22nd St.)
GNA provides classroom grants, new books and classroom volunteers.
PS 40 (319 E. 19th St.)
GNA provides grants for class enrichment projects.
Epiphany Library (228 E. 23rd St.)
GNA provides used books and volunteers.

ELDER CARE
GNA provides gift baskets for the holidays to the homebound elderly in our neighborhood.

GNA is working on a variety of projects involving the Stein Senior Center on East 24th Street, benefitting elderly throughout the city.

BOARDS, COUNCILS, ALLIANCES including:
Community Board 5
Community Board 6
13th Police Precinct's Community Council
East Side Rezoning Alliance (ESRA)
NYC Landmarks and Historic Districts Council

ACCOMPLISHMENTS
GNA's accomplishments are varied, many of which involve safety and quality of life.

In the 1990s, GNA fostered the creation of the East 17th Street/Irving Place Historic District and the extension of the Gramercy Park Historic District. GNA also worked with other coalitions on the landmarking of Scheffel Hall, Union Square Savings Bank, Century Association Club House, Russell Sage Foundation and the Guardian Life Building. We are presently working to have the former Tammany Hall and the Guardian Life Annex designated as landmarks.

Over the past 12 years, GNA has organized the removal of all 40 modern cobrahead lampposts in the Gramercy Park historic district, and their replacement with historic bishop's crook lampposts, at an aggregate cost of more than $100,000. GNA raised all of the funds from donors throughout the Gramercy community. GNA completed that project in 2004, when the final 16 bishop's crook lampposts were installed.

GNA has improved our neighborhood by working with politicians to sponsor a law regulating the location, use and repair of newspaper boxes; the Department of Transportation (DOT) and police to improve traffic flow and neighborhood signage; the Flatiron Alliance to successfully discourage the Union Square BID from expanding into the Gramercy and Flatiron neighborhoods. The BID expansion would have imposed substantial additional assessments upon residential and business owners.

GNA has also funded the publication of two books on Gramercy history:
Gramercy: Its Architectural Surroundings, by Andrew Scott Dolkart
Gramercy Park: An Illustrated History of a New York Neighborhood, by Stephen Garmey (out of print)