Downtown Brooklyn in Transition
The Brooklyn Eagle has a series of stories about the massive changes under way in Downtown Brooklyn, chief among them the area’s shift from a primarily commercial district to a residential area. The paper figures that if all the buildings (not counting AY) now planned for Downtown are built, there will be more than 15,000…
The Brooklyn Eagle has a series of stories about the massive changes under way in Downtown Brooklyn, chief among them the area’s shift from a primarily commercial district to a residential area. The paper figures that if all the buildings (not counting AY) now planned for Downtown are built, there will be more than 15,000 new residents in the area, and it could become a vibrant 24-7 community further bolstered by an influx of college students in the wake of NYU and Polytechnic’s merger. In the meantime, however, large swaths of Downtown are primed to become miniature ghost towns for a few years as businesses are forced out and construction projects commence. Reporter Sarah Ryley found that many business owners are angry about getting evicted, and current residents are frustrated about the dwindling number of amenities as shops shutter. Ryley noted that none of the business owners she interviewed on Bridge and Willoughby streets has received government assistance to relocate, though a spokesperson for the EDC said the city plans to give them relocation funding when and if appropriate.
Much of Downtown Brooklyn Is Going Out of Business [Brooklyn Eagle]
Downtown Residential Growth Ready To Take Off [Brooklyn Eagle]
Downtown Brooklyn: A College Town [Brooklyn Eagle]
Rendering of Downtown in 2012 from The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership.
Also a whole lot of parking. I don’t know why they’re putting so much parking in.
thanks zinka. looks like a screening room is part of the plans.
10:06: DOB rejected the building plans yesterday.
http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JobDetailsServlet?requestid=2&allisn=0001388443&allboroughname=&allnumbhous=&allstrt=
I’d imagine they’ll come back with revised plans. Unfortunately I don’t know of any way to see DOB’s objections.
any news on the lawrence st development?
http://bstoner.wpengine.com/brownstoner/archives/2008/01/development_wat_134.php
“a transitional yuppie crowd that leaves the city once their children reach school age”
Aren’t those allegedly the people who are NOT leaving the city and thus driving up prices?
This pic is looking north from Flatbush and DeKalb towards the Manhattan Bridge so the arena isn’t in it at all. That’s just an advertising billboard you’re looking at bottom left.
isn’t the stadium on the wrong side of the street in that picture?
2:20 makes a good point to all the naysayers. Many area schools are underpopulated and could absord what few children wind up in this building. Besides, it will likely be populated by a transitional yuppie crowd that leaves the city once their children reach school age. They will then be replaced by more transitional people, thus setting a permanent pattern of flux.
It’ll probably be more like 90-95% no kids. ANd there is plenty of space in nearby schools in Fort Greene, prospect heights and Boerum Hill.