Closing Bell: Demo of Carlton Ave. Bridge
[nggallery id=”51598″ template=galleryview] A reader sent over these pictures from his Flickr page of the recent demolition of the Carlton Avenue Bridge at the Atlantic Yards site. The bridge closed in 2008 and has since transformed from a two-year project to a stalled venture lasting more than four years. Atlantic Yards Report has a good…
[nggallery id=”51598″ template=galleryview] A reader sent over these pictures from his Flickr page of the recent demolition of the Carlton Avenue Bridge at the Atlantic Yards site. The bridge closed in 2008 and has since transformed from a two-year project to a stalled venture lasting more than four years. Atlantic Yards Report has a good summary of the “conundrum” of the bridge up until March of this year.
I don’t have a car and this was an important pedestrian link from Park Slope to Atlantic Center or Ft. Greene. Now it feels like New Jersey to me, something Lefrak might have done. Dicey for walking.
If BG is sad to be proven right, I will admit to being sad that earlier comments of mine on this topic proved to be so wrong.
That said, what FCRC has being saying most recently is the bridge will be reconstructed to open when the arena does, which the company says will be the 2012-2013 basketball season. At this point, all any of us can do is keep on holding on.
GO NETS!
Don’t worry, BG… it’ll be back in 10 years or so.
Once upon a time in 2008 I foretold all of this and quite loudly pointed out where it was all going.
I’m sad to be proven right.
And, yes, I too miss being able to walk that bridge. Cutting off a major pedestrian (and yes, vehicular and bicycle) axis has been devastating for many of us. If you have mobility issues it is particularly tough not having that bridge.
er, not to be nitpicky, but dismantling a bridge doesn’t exactly make for a “stalled” project.
Umm… Grumpy… This isn’t another whine about the bike lanes is it? Cuz, you do know that Vanderbilt flows better than it ever has with the turning lanes and clearly marked lanes. Not to mention it’s effectively ALWAYS been a 2-lane road.
If this is at all related to Carlton Avenue — you’ve lost me.
Once upon a time I could easily drive from my home on 8th Ave to the other side of Brooklyn now I meander like a troll and scurry like a rat to one lane wide Vanderbilt Ave, thank you Mayor Bloomberg.
Once upon an time, there was an enormous Rat that fancied itself to be King. For years it gobbled up millions of dollars of taxpayer money, failing always to deliver upon countless, empty promises. The Rat King – as often happens in such tales – lived happily ever after.