Slope Armory Athletic Center Comes Out to Play

Wow, open a whole 4 hours.

Posted by: guest at February 27, 2008 10:04 AM

7-11am. That's pathetic. Is the Y run by the Hasi's or something?

Posted by: guest at February 27, 2008 10:13 AM

Can't wait to be doing track workouts there and watching the high school races. Finally something that can replace the track at Pratt.

Posted by: guest at February 27, 2008 10:20 AM

All they have to do is clean up the crap on the sidewalk outside it.

Posted by: guest at February 27, 2008 10:24 AM

I've never heard of a flat indoor track but I guess it would have cost too much to make the turns banked?

Posted by: guest at February 27, 2008 10:25 AM

This isnt a NASCAR track

Posted by: guest at February 27, 2008 10:32 AM

Have you been to the 168th Street Armory, or the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston? Indoor tracks are typically banked.

Posted by: guest at February 27, 2008 10:48 AM

Would be more interesting if it were an NASCAR track.

Posted by: guest at February 27, 2008 11:06 AM

Are there any traffic or usage studies that have been done for this?

Windsor Terrizen

Posted by: guest at February 27, 2008 11:29 AM

"traffic or usage studies"

lets put you up on the gowanus expressway to count cars.
While the rest of us count our lucky stars that they finally renovated the armory (16 mil you fool).

As I workout, I will think about you and your fetching for more delays "traffic or usage studies"

south slope wishing to pee-on-you-ian "Windsor Terrizen"

Posted by: guest at February 27, 2008 11:53 AM

"basketball"

I will run you Brownstoner fools.

Posted by: guest at February 27, 2008 12:15 PM

BRING it 12:15.

Posted by: guest at February 27, 2008 12:38 PM

As someone who has lived across the street from the Armory for the last 20 years, 15 of them when the place was a neglected shit hole, the news is fantastic. Anyone remember the Summer they tried to use it as film stage? The huge noisy flatbed trailer truck air conditioners running 24 hours a day? The time they tried to repair the roof and then it all peeled off in great big sheets onto the cars parked on 15th?
The scaffolding up for years? The grinding of the mortar joints 6 days a week for an entire year? Thank goodness that's over. I will put up with more traffic, but than you know 15th Street is not in CB 6, that's why no welcoming signs on our side of the building.

Posted by: guest at February 27, 2008 12:51 PM

Marty Markowitz saying this about an excercise center is beyond ironic:

"“the transformation of the Park Slope Armory into one of the city’s largest community recreation and education centers is the culmination of a dream I’ve had since before being elected borough president."

Posted by: guest at February 27, 2008 1:26 PM

South Slope jerk,

I was not asking about studies in order to delay this. As a neighbor of this building for over 15 years, I was wondering if anyone had even conceptually thought about how it might 1. impact local business and 2. impact narrow side streets which have very heavy traffic use.
Yippee, they're going to have a gym there. Hot damn.
Has anyone bothered to think about usage and visitation? NOT. IN. A. BAD. WAY. - just in a way, period. The neighorhood is rapidly transforming and it would be nice of the City - which has spent a bag of money on a public works project in the transforming area - did a homework and speculation on how this project will affect the area.

12:51 - I agree completely, I marched with Jim B. to try and get "Meet Joe Black" out of there.

This is a good project, I'm just interested in some data about how it might affect my neighborhood. (and it will be a far more positive thing than all the crap going up on the south side of 15th).

Winder Terrizen

Posted by: guest at February 27, 2008 2:21 PM

oh yeah, that report, I have a copy right here.
But you going have to beat me at basketball to get it.

Meet me at the Armory!

Traffic Study
1. impact local business (The little local business that exist will become more profitable from the new traffic)

2. impact narrow side streets which have very heavy traffic use. (scarce parking space will be more scarce)

There you go, there is your traffic study. 30K should cover it.

Posted by: guest at February 27, 2008 3:16 PM

I think primarily it will be used for local schoolchildren who desperately need this space as public schools are in old buildings and don't have gyms. Yeah for all those kids!

Posted by: guest at February 27, 2008 4:07 PM