The Atlantic Yards development could be a great thing! Honestly, the area around the Atlantic Yards is so ghetto at night. Im not talking about Fort Green or near BAM Rose. Im talking about on Flatbush from the Altantic Center to the Manhattan Bridge, including Fulton Mall. Some of those blocks are not fun to walk around in at night. What I think the Atlantic Yards project will do is increase the value of the areas of Fort Green and Clinton Hill that we love, and make the areas of downtown Brooklyn that are so ghetto that much nicer and safer. The Atlantic Center Mall did that. Remember the years before that mall was there on Flatbush? It was scary. My two cents...

Posted by: bmeterp at August 8, 2006 11:50 AM in response to Learning to Oppose the Atlantic Yards Project

What really needs to happen is that they need more elevators and exscalaors on the subway? It discourages ridership. I hate to see people carrying strollers up and down the stairs, or elderly people taking one step at a time slowly. Most other modern metros in other cities have this basic service.

Posted by: bmeterp at August 8, 2006 12:03 PM in response to Learning to Oppose the Atlantic Yards Project

Right on, OE-from-WT!

Posted by: bmeterp at August 8, 2006 2:51 PM in response to Learning to Oppose the Atlantic Yards Project

Yeah, I noticed that warehouse in East New York too. It looks like an amazing space!

Posted by: bmeterp at August 9, 2006 12:29 PM in response to Precincts Of Old In The Now

Please try to attend:

RATner Meeting
Bruce Ratner's Brooklyn Atlantic Yards Project

The Fort Greene Association & The Society for Clinton Hill

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2006, 7:00-9:00 pm

Queen of All Saints Church

Lafayette Avenue between Clermont and Vanderbilt,
enter on Vanderbilt

http://clintonhillblog.blogspot.com/2006/08/ratner-meeting.html

Posted by: bmeterp at August 9, 2006 2:06 PM in response to Learning to Oppose the Atlantic Yards Project