Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about “Atlantic Yards”

DOT Announces Five Bus Rapid Transit Corridors

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Sketches from an internal BRT Study depicting the three general types of stations: A) Major Station: Includes extended canopy with windscreens and seating. Icon and full platform pavement treatment. B) Standard Station: Shelter with Icon and full platform pavement treatment. C) Minimum Station: For locations with narrow sidewalks: Icon and platform edge strip only. Bigger image […]

Dead Ball

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Whatever you think of the idea of a highrise cluster in Downtown Brooklyn, you have to worry that the sponsors of the Atlantic Yards project suggest that creating jobs and housing justifies the kind of planning that discourages street life. Among the lowlights of the marathon August 23 "public hearing" on the draft Environmental Impact […]

“Atlantic Yards” Public Hearing

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Wednesday, August 23, 2006, 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.New York City Technical College (Klitgord Auditorium)285 Jay Street, Brooklyn The New York State Urban Development Corporation, d/b/a Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) in conjunction with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), the City of New York, and affiliates of the Forest City Ratner Companies, including Atlantic Yards […]

Having it Both Ways in the “Atlantic Yards” DEIS

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Combing through the massive Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the "Atlantic Yards" project in Brooklyn, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign has found at least four instances of the strange, Hamlet-like soliloquy, exemplified below.  "During this period, it is anticipated that the DOT will implement traffic calming measures developed as part of the Downtown Brooklyn Traffic Calming […]

Community Board Forums on “Atlantic Yards”

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Thursday, August 3, 6 – 8 pmThree separate locations. See below. Brooklyn Community Boards 2, 6 & 8 to hold Public Forums on "Atlantic Yards." In the absence of an official role in reviewing the "Atlantic Yards" project, thanks to the state’s takeover, our local Community Boards have announced that they will hold simultaneous public […]