Not so fast, a Community Board 6 committee said last night to those planning an apartment building at the Bergen Tile site across from the Barclays Center arena, mainly on busy Flatbush Avenue but also extending around to lower-scale--and quiet, for no... »
A "crowd" along Dean Street on the path to the arena.Yes, the sidewalks around the Atlantic Yards project site are quite narrow, and that could be a problem.Atlantic Yards Watch has compiled some thorough research, illustrated with a video and photos (... »
At the end of a meeting that lasted more than three hours, including perhaps an hour devoted to the controversial Kemistry Lounge application, the Community Board 6 Public Safety/Environmental Protection/Permits/Licenses committee agreed to supports a ... »
So, it looks like (too late) the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is doing better at negotiating than it did with Forest City Ratner.In NYU, NYC, MTA reach deal for 370 Jay Street, Ben Kabak of Second Avenue Sagas writes: “Over the next five years... »
The latest two-week Atlantic Yards Construction Alert, dated 4/23/12 (and embedded below) and released yesterday by Empire State Development after preparation by Forest City Ratner, contains little dramatic information but comes with one big gap.Constr... »
Has the advent of the Barclays Center really changed retail in the blocks around it?That was the theme of a misguided Times article Tuesday, which focused significantly on gentrification-led change (see the map below, highlighting small establishments)... »
Columnist Phil Reisman, of the suburban Journal News in Westchester, totes up concerns about Forest City Ratner, mostly about a new project in New Rochelle, under the headline Reisman: Caution is wise when dealing with Forest City.He writes: I contempl... »
I can't say I didn't predict that the New York Times would cover last week's appellate court ruling parenthetically, essentially dismissing an important rebuke to the state agency that has championed Atlantic Yards.Instead, the Times's Impact of Atlant... »
The Municipal Art Society and Jane Jacobs Walk, which catalog a whole weekend of walks in honor of the famed urbanist, offer on Saturday, May 5, Atlantic Yards: Brooklyn’s Most Controversial Development:Time: 14:00 – 16:00Walk Host: Norman Oder, author... »
From a New York Times editorial yesterday headlined Gov. Christie and the Tunnel Project:If you find yourself in a stopped train in a Hudson River tunnel, or in a vehicle on a choked highway, in coming years, at least you will know why. In his drive to... »
From Brownstoner:Last night reps from Forest City Ratner made a presentation to Community Board 8 on a petition for a revocable consent to install cable conduits under 6th Avenue, between Dean and Pacific, and use a lot on the corner of Dean Street and... »
After the March 2010 Barclays Center groundbreaking, Daily News sports columnist Mike Lupica commented, "It was a hustle in broad daylight by Caring Bruce Ratner from the start."The hustle wouldn't have worked without help from Ratner's partner in gove... »
In a unanimous decision with almost no chance for appeal, a state appellate court has unanimously upheld a lower court's decision to require the state to conduct a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement regarding the second phase of Atlantic Yards... »
In CB2 Toasts Barclays Center Booze Permit, The Local reports:Community Board 2’s vote rubber-stamped a committee’s approval one night earlier of the license in exchange for promises to involve the community and crack down on underage drinking and post... »
Well, Nets principal owner Mikhail Prokhorov came to Brooklyn Tuesday to look at the under-construction Barclays Center arena and pretty much conquered the fawning sports press, with one notable exception.(Prokhorov with Bruce Ratner, in photo from the... »
