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]
AY will help speed along gentrification of undervalued historic sections located further into Brooklyn, because people will want to be as far away from the AY blight as possible.
D-O-N-E-D-E-A-L!!!
Blighted Brooklyn? Ridiculous. If you hate shopping at the mall so much, 12:09, stay the hell away from there! There are other more “pleasant” and less “hideous” places for your sensitive ass to shop. Stop whining, get used to the fact that AY is being built, go do some yoga or something to lose your bitterness.
Men’s Warehouse sells polyester suits. Ghetto.
But I do like the schmatte salesman in their ads: “You’re gonna like the way you look—I guarantee it.”
12:06–That gives Target even less of an excuse for its dismal condition! The volume of turnover should be fairly predictable, as well as the need for competent staff. Every time I go there, whether it’s Monday morning or Saturday afternoon, it’s impossible to find anyone in any department for help with missing stock. And I’ve even been there on consecutive days to find the same shelves missing the same exact items. A couple hours to restock is forgivable, but not a day.
But we digress. Yes, the building is fug.
Wow, 11:59, excellent job! You sure knocked 11:49 on his/her ass.
All these years later?? The mall has been open 3 3 years – and if there are any vacancies they must be fairly small b/c they are not immediately apparent.
The mall is far from a failure, it is clearly serving the community as demonstrated by the crowds and obvious success of the anchor tenant (Target) (people are complaining that it is TOO crowded, w/ too many lines and not enough merchandise – how is that failure??)
You may not like the architecture – or the idea of a mall, or chain stores but that is your TASTE and while the Atlantic Center could certainly stand some work, and the parking/elevator situation stinks – overall the community has spoken with their $ – and they say that they don’t care about your taste.
eh Malls suck in general but the target is a convenient place to get stuff cheaply.
Bitch on wannabe suburbanites…sorry there isn’t enough high end stuff for ya.
I like the mall. It is 100% better than the …..NOTHING….that was there previously. I shop there often, I’m definitely not poor. Also, I happen to think the GAP sucks shit. You don’t have to drive to the mall, because the site is the western terminus of the LIRR, and is also a major subway station. Brooklyn natives like me have been waiting a long time for some major retail WITHIN the borough, and though this is no architectural masterpiece, it works for me. And if the anti-mall posters on this site stay the hell away, the mall and the area that surrounds it will be even better.