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Greenland Forest City wants to build the borough’s biggest office tower across from Barlcays Center, where Modell’s currently sits. Read on for how one reader thinks it’d impact the area’s mass transit.

Comment of the Day

If one lived in Prospect Heights, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Boerum Hill, Downtown Brooklyn, Cobble Hill, parts of Bed Stuy and Crown Heights, or Park Slope one would be able to walk or Citibike to this proposed office building. I would certainly relish the thought of never again having to experience the horror that is the daily subway commute from Brooklyn to Manhattan. More office buildings in Brooklyn please!

— johncdobro in Pacific Park Developer Wants to Replace Modell’s With Borough’s Biggest Office Building

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