Closing Bell: Ratner Remapping Road

If you happen to be going past the corner of Pacific Street and 6th Avenue, watch out: Forest City Ratner has turned the sidewalk into a road! Update: The Local is now reporting that DOT has made some changes to make the make-shift arrangement a little safer.

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Exactly what I need today.

Posted by: ScottCastro at July 29, 2009 4:10 PM

that should be even more fun at night when the driver is suddently confused trying to figure out wtf is going on. could end poorly for some pedestrian.

Posted by: goldie at July 29, 2009 4:17 PM

Forest City Ratner. Quality is Job None.

Posted by: DitmasSnark at July 29, 2009 4:27 PM

typical hysterical knee-jerk reactions from quasi organizations. Know nothing of the facts but use it as another excuse to trash their enemy(Ratner). Whether they had anything to do with it or not. Doesn't matter.
Rant first. maybe correct later (except DDDB would never retract).

Posted by: Petebklyn at July 29, 2009 4:33 PM

Agree people sometimes whip up a frenzy to make points on their agenda but if AY goes ahead, part of Pacific St. will indeed be demapped. Now I'd like to know how a private developer gets the gift of a public street for his development? How much money is he paying for the privilege of closing it off permanently?

Posted by: bxgrl at July 29, 2009 5:14 PM

Ratner demapped streets for Metrotech -- his only model for development seems to be the "superblock" that has been soundly derided by planners. And part of Pacific has been closed by Ratner for quite a while now.

In exchange for giving him our public streets, he builds private "parks" which FCR controls who uses them, when and how.

Posted by: BH76 at July 29, 2009 5:35 PM

Oh- only fair - so kind of him :-P

Posted by: bxgrl at July 29, 2009 6:16 PM

Ratner also bought Fort Greene Place (5th Ave) between Atlantic Terminal and Atlantic Center. That's a private street now.

I think Petebklyn has it backwards. People oppose Ratner because they are against privatizing public space (and money), not the other way around.

Posted by: harriet at July 29, 2009 7:34 PM

no. people oppose ratner due to their personal agenda (dddb) or b/c it sounds like a good idea (the remainder).

Posted by: BrooklynLove at July 29, 2009 7:51 PM

Actually DOT has seen fit to use sidewalks before -- Ft Hamilton Parkway in the 90's durring a sewer reconstruction project.

Posted by: SenatorStreet at July 29, 2009 8:43 PM

Actually DOT has seen fit to use sidewalks before -- Ft Hamilton Parkway in the 90's durring a sewer reconstruction project.

Posted by: SenatorStreet at July 29, 2009 8:43 PM

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July 29, 2009

Closing Bell: Ratner Remapping Road

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