Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about “Atlantic Yards”

1,100 Space Parking Lot at Issue in Latest Atlantic Yards Fight

By Noah Kazis | Nov 30, 2010 | 24 Comments

The latest round of the knock-down drag-out fight over the Atlantic Yards project is underway, and it’s all about parking. At issue is a potential 1,100-space surface parking lot that would be located between Pacific and Dean Streets, just west of Vanderbilt Avenue. That lot has been portrayed as temporary, “interim” parking by the Empire […]

Team Ratner Unveils Brooklyn’s Most Exhaust-Filled Public Space

By Ben Fried | Sep 29, 2010 | 35 Comments

Yesterday Forest City Ratner released images of the temporary public plaza slated for the triangle between Flatbush and Atlantic, and you’ve gotta appreciate the spin coming from the developer and his design team. Wedged between two epic traffic sewers, without much noticeable provision for shade or shelter, it will become, in the words of Bruce […]

For Pedestrians, Atlantic and Flatbush Could Go From Bad to Worse

By Brad Aaron | Mar 8, 2010 | 12 Comments

Atlantic and Flatbush time lapse from tracy collins on Vimeo. This time-lapse film by Tracy Collins at Not Another F*cking Blog is a telling indictment of poor pedestrian conditions at Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues. And depending on how Bruce Ratner’s new sports arena is built out — the groundbreaking is set for this week — […]

Forest City Ratner: Carlton Ave Bridge Closure “a Bit of a Conundrum”

By Ben Fried | Feb 26, 2010 | 9 Comments

Norman Oder at Atlantic Yards Report has the details from Wednesday’s public meeting on street closures and traffic changes near the footprint of Bruce Ratner’s Brooklyn arena project. With construction apparently on the verge of ramping up significantly, local electeds, NYCDOT, and representatives of developer Forest City Ratner engaged in a Q&A session as notable […]

State Moves to Disrupt Street Grid in Atlantic Yards Footprint

By Ben Fried | Jan 12, 2010 | 12 Comments

State officials announced yesterday that, starting sometime around February 1, they intend to close three blocks of the Brooklyn street grid to accommodate construction of Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards arena project. Fifth Avenue between Flatbush and Atlantic and two non-consecutive blocks of Pacific Street are slated to be condemned. An announcement circulated by Brooklyn CB […]

Ratner’s Sidewalk Seizure: Marginalizing Pedestrians for Three Months

By Ben Fried | Jul 30, 2009 | 3 Comments

Photo: Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn. After yesterday’s post showing the sidewalk appropriation going on at Pacific Street and Sixth Avenue as part of Forest City Ratner’s Atlantic Yards project, DOT sent an email explaining why this is happening: We approved a plan at this location to permit two-way traffic using a portion of the sidewalk […]

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