Atlantic Terminal Station Starting to Show its Face
The seemingly interminable reconstruction of the LIRR station at the Atlantic Terminal is finally revealing signs of progress. Exterior brickwork for the station, directly across the street from the Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower and attached to the Atlantic Terminal Mall, has started going up over the past month or so. While there’s never been much…
The seemingly interminable reconstruction of the LIRR station at the Atlantic Terminal is finally revealing signs of progress. Exterior brickwork for the station, directly across the street from the Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower and attached to the Atlantic Terminal Mall, has started going up over the past month or so. While there’s never been much doubt the station will end up looking as generic as the rest of the Atlantic Terminal and Center, the construction (going strong for five years now) has made getting to the LIRR a confusing pain in the ass, and mangled street and sidewalk traffic. A press release from the MTA that came out earlier this year didn’t pinpoint when the revamp’ll finally be finished. Anyone know? We won’t be holding our breath.
Work Continues on Major Renovation Project [MTA]
it amazing that all the apologists here will not concede that this is a pretty shitty mall
Britney Spears is the most ghetto creature on the planet. These days the term ghetto has nothing to do with race and hasn’t for years.
Come on you guys, get with it.
Clearly Brooklyn has changed because if people are so insulated from the Ghetto that they think that a store that sells (non-pastel) SUITS and a BANK are ghetto then obviously things are very very different. (unless of course by Ghetto you mean Black – which of course you couldnt mean b/c a anti consumerism, socially conscious liberal like yourself could never be racist – right?)
and 12:21 – Ratner was talking about Atlantic CENTER (which is where Marshalls, Pathmark, Circuit City et al are)- not TERMINAL (where the Target is) – and despite the footbridge are not the same, were built and different times, with different considerations. Most people will not argue that Atlantic Center is an architectural or commercial success.
is it true that houlihans went out of business?
i’d love a bed bath & beyond
plus a jcrew or banana republic
“Then keep your sensitive eyes closed, 12:25, and God willing, you’ll be flattened by an eastbound bus.”
What a d*ck.
What’s with this “ghetto” crap? Now any place that has a customer base that SEEMS to be primarily black or Latino is ghetto? Nice. Payless, Marshalls, Daffy’s et al are in every mall in the US. Daffy’s and Marshalls buy overrun and leftover stock from some of the most expensive brand names out there. They are popular with trendsetters and hip and happening people who like fashion for less. Hardly “ghetto”. Pathmark – so unless you are selling overpriced, fancy, imported organic foods you are now “ghetto?” And Carver Bank – a bank started by African-Americans with branches all over the city, if not beyond, with millions in assets is “ghetto?”
Intellectually, I know this is all from someone who wants to start something, but that doesn’t mean I have to read it and just ignore it. What utter crap. All of these “ghetto” businesses are laughing all the way to their fat bank vaults. What about you, Mr/Ms “Ghetto”?
“thi mall was obviously designed to serve the clientele north/east of flatbush”
Actually I’d say there are few people in Park Slope (south of here) who have NOT visited the center on occasion.
The comments on here are some of the most racist I have ever seen on brownstoner.
but there’s no Barney’s in brooklyn!
thats what we’re saying!!
why should this side of flatbush avenue have to go all the way to manhattan to shop while every retail development caters only to the other folk???