Closing Bell: New Sidewalk at Tillary and Flatbush
It used to be a nightmare walking along Flatbush towards Tillary, the sidewalk basically a narrow walkway blocked off by concrete and fencing. But they’ve put in a nice wide sidewalk and some traffic barriers now, making that corner just a little more tolerable. GMAP
It used to be a nightmare walking along Flatbush towards Tillary, the sidewalk basically a narrow walkway blocked off by concrete and fencing. But they’ve put in a nice wide sidewalk and some traffic barriers now, making that corner just a little more tolerable. GMAP
That building was finished after 9/11 — there was a lot of controversy about concentrating the entire city’s emergency response into one building (which is why the security is so tight). Why they didn’t incorporate the access control in the first place is beyond me.
Really, I’d just like to be able to cut through Metrotech on foot.
These particular changes were not about “transforming the area into a vibrant urban area.” This is part of the permanent security perimeter that replaces the Jersey-barriers installed after 9/11. No, they will “never” re-open Bridge Street and Tech Place to pedestrian traffic. Welcome to the post-9/11 world.
Flatbush Avenue, however, is about an enhanced entry to Brooklyn from the Manhattan Bridge.
Agree, the new sidewalks are a definite improvement. Too bad that no place along the Flatbush Ave. side of this sidewalk are any trees planted, only a long stretch of concrete.
as much as the changes might be kinda cheesy, i think most of them are definitely good… downtown brooklyn really IS ripe for a total urban renewal type of project on all levels. let’s see what we can create in the next 5-10 years and then talk about it later.
no pain, no gain. just please dont make it cheesy
*rob*
For anyone who might be trying to decipher what you’re looking at, this picture seems to have been taken on the Southwest corner of the Flatbush/Tillary intersection, looking along Tillary toward Flatbush.
It’s going to be nice! Yeah, even the metro tech guys sit in a Nissan Truck at Bridge St.
Yep, Randolph….all new trees and plants coming soon!
There’s a rendering here:
http://www.dbpartnership.org/lookingahead/improvements/streetscape
I wonder if they’ll ever re-open Bridge St and Tech Pl to pedestrian traffic (they’re blocked off by cops around the mammoth, nearly windowless E911 building).
At least it looks like they’re putting in a permanent security barrier where Bridge St meets Tillary, which for the past few years was guarded by an idling cop car. Idling, 24 hours a day, immediately adjacent to a high school. See also various Metrotech entrances and the Emmanuel Celler courthouse. Downtown Brooklyn is the land of the V8-air-conditioned security guard booth.
is that what is happening in the middle of flatbush?