On Flatbush, a $3 Billion Pipeline of Projects
There is more than $3.1 billion of construction projects in the pipeline for the one mile stretch of Flatbush Avenue between the Manhattan Bridge and the Williamsburgh Bank building, calculates The New York Post this morning. Here’s how it breaks down: In addition, there’s another $1 billion in projects off the northern end of Flatbush…
There is more than $3.1 billion of construction projects in the pipeline for the one mile stretch of Flatbush Avenue between the Manhattan Bridge and the Williamsburgh Bank building, calculates The New York Post this morning. Here’s how it breaks down: 
In addition, there’s another $1 billion in projects off the northern end of Flatbush and, of course, a $4 billion project some of you may have heard of called Atlantic Yards. “Flatbush Avenue is the borough’s quintessential boulevard and the gateway into Brooklyn,” said Joseph Chan, president of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership. “It is to Brooklyn what Broadway is to Manhattan, and it is poised for some dramatic change.”
Boom on Flatbush [NY Post] GMAP
Boy, I hope the poor river-side schmucks (like me) that bought into the Heights and Dumbo are going to be able to get onto a train during morning rush hour with the addition of all these folks coming to our fair borough. As if the Jay, York, High and Clark Street stations aren’t crowded enough in the morning!! Welcome to Brooklyn, and please dont’t block the doors!
OP “I moved to Bed-Stuy thank God” here –Seems to me a lot of people have a fixed idea of what it means to live in Bed-Stuy. I live on a landmarked Historic block that is lovely with truly wonderful neighbors. We look out for and help each other, and I hope that culture never changes — even in the face of all of this “progress.” And believe me, there is no tongue in cheek in my post. I am sincerely happy to have moved. What’s going on on Flatbush Ave. may be a wonderful change once all of the construction and noise are over, but I don’t want to live in that for the next 5-15 years. Just my preference. I like green trees, grass, flowers and old brownstones to come home to at the end of my day. Oh yea, I also work in Bed-Stuy as well –and have for 7+ years. Guess I’m just a fan, but there seem to be more and more like me that are finding homes in the neighborhood.
To Anon, 9:18 & Anon, 1:34 PM:
My partner and I also purchased at One Hanson on the 9-17 D Line. We can’t wait to move in. The two of us are originally from Brooklyn and think the revitalization is great!
Truly, I’m not big on conspiracy theories. But what this part of the Downtown Brooklyn Plan looks like is a government sanctioned effort by private developers to push the working class, largely minority, population out of this area. The renovations at the Myrtle Ave projects have already displaced hundreds of PHA tenants and the consensus locally is that they are unlikely to be given an opportunity to move back in. Of course, for buyers at One Hanson Place and other new condo developments, this is good news since gentrification will be necessary for these otherwise marginal locations to hold their value. But it begs the question of where the working class are meant to live in this city. To me, it’s too overwhelming a level of change — and too fast — to maintain the vibrant mix of people that makes Brooklyn so vibrant. Perfectly stable, if somewhat down-at-heel, communities will be disrupted. I’d be interested to hear PICCED or the Fifth Ave Committee’s take on all of this.
cesspool? oh wait, that’s tongue in cheek–i get it. ha ha ha hee ha.
To Anon, 1:34 PM
My wife and I are buying one of the 9-17M line. Can’t wait to move in. Its already a nice neighborhood and seems that it will only get better…
I now have hope. There is no way in the world that all of Flatbush and downtown Brooklyn takes off and Fulton from Fort Greene to Bed-Stuy continues to be a cesspool. No way!
Right? ;-\
This is great for the borough and all of its residents! Yahoo!
*** “here”…. Oppps!
Go Brooklyn!! Go Brooklyn!!
Great news!
For those of us who have been living hear for our entire lives, we’ve been waiting for critical development in downtown Brooklyn for decades! I can’t tell you how happy I am to see that this is finally happening now and I’m living to see it! Thank God!