We’ve been too diverted by other subjects–some of them stupid–to wade into Atlantic Yards recently, but it’s time. Yesterday, the State Appellate Court Ruled for the Empire State Development Corop on the Atlantic Yards Environmental Impact Statement Appeal. Oppenents will now ask the state Court of of Appeals to review the case. There is a […]

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As the possible Atlantic Yards site (also known as Propect Heights) is being demolished by Bruce Ratner, Guy Ambrosino is doing–or saying–something about it. (Bear in mind, however, his statement is more of the memory and the appreciation of communal statement than it is in protest and politics.) This Saturday (2/28) from 4-5pm Guy’s What […]

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This post will probably be everywhere as the people looking for individuals to interview have probably hit up every blog in Brooklyn with their mailing list. Neverthess, even if we’re the tenth blog to run the item (whether we’re the first or the last), it’s worth noting: The Civilians want to hear from you. Brooklyn […]

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Yesterday, the IRS issued critical new rules that ban the use of tax-free financing for arenas among other facilities. Among those impacted are Bruce Ratner’s planned Atlantic Yards facility. Norman Oder of Atlantic Yards report read the ruling and determined that it allows a “loophole” that allows such financing for the Atlantic Yards project as […]

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The annual Develop Don’t Destroy Walkathon (Walk Don’t Destroy 4) to raise funds for the fight against the troubled Atlantic Yards project took place on Saturday night and drew a nice crowd and picked up $45,000 in the process. It was the fourth such walk against the (now, possibly stalled or, at least, seriously delayed) […]

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Mayor Bloomberg speaking yesterday about Atlantic Yards and the need for $100M more in subsidies: “We desperately need to have development and that’s a very big part of the development in Brooklyn. I don’t know that we have to put government money in, but we certainly will do everything we can to work with [developer […]

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The latest Brooklyn raccoon sighting report (yes, we realize, there are a great many) is of interest because it comes from the Pacific Bears Garden, which and located at Pacific and Flatbush Avenue and would be a neighbor of the Atlantic Yards arena. Here’s an email on the Boerum Hill Group: This from the Pacific […]

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This image was created by Tracy Collins and posted on flickr. It is very short and shows some movement in the Vanderbilt Yards, which would be decked over for the Atlantic Yards development.

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Here’s a brand new shot from the Atlantic Yards Webcam tracking some of the demolition work in Prospect Heights. You can check the full flickr stream of photos here.

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[Image courtesy of June Carter Cash/GL Flickr Pool] Here’s a shot of Prospect Heights (aka the Atlantic Yards Footprint) with the warm light of dusk making it glow.

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Remember the toasted car sitting on the Sixth Avenue Bridge that a reader sent us photos of? Well, another GL reader pointed up to a New York Post story that explains how the car got there: the owner torched it. Here are the fascinating details: An FDNY paramedic was busted for lighting his own car […]

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Forget the news about eminent domain suits and new estimates for a possible opening of the Nets Arena. Here’s some very compelling and current Atlantic Yards-related imagery. This is a toasted BMW 5 Series. The GL reader who sent it writes: “sucks for them. spotted at the 6th avenue bridge over atlantic yards (two blocks […]

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[Photo courtesy of Tracy Collins/GL Flickr Pool] This image was captured by Tracy Collins, who is spending a of time chronicling the dismantling of part of Prospect Heights for the Atlantic Yards Development.

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[Photo courtesy of threecee/GL Flickr Pool] The Atlantic Terminal Mall in summer is a great place to chill and think thoughts about the future. This image comes from Tracy Collins, of course, via our GL Flickr Pool.

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[Photo courtesy of threecee/GL Flickr Pool] This amusing image from the Vanderbilt Yards (aka Atlantic Yards site) comes to us courtesy of Tracy Collins via our GL Flickr Pool. Whatever you do, do not park in this spot. For many reasons, all of them having nothing to do with the fallen sign.

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[Photo courtesy of threecee/flickr] Here’s a shot of the Ward Bakery building in Prospect Heights which is coming down to make way for the Atlantic Yards development. It’s looking rather dramatic in its current state of deconstruction.

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Here to close out our broadcast day on this day before the day before the long Fourth of July weekend and the true, official start of summer festivities, is a view from above of the Atlantic Yards site. It’s interesting because you don’t often get the perspective from this side from above. This is the […]

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[Photo courtesy of Tracy Collins/flickr] Ward Bakery in Prospect Heights has been coming down in advance of the Atlantic Yards development (given its location it could be said to be coming down well, well, well in advance of anything being built on the property). We offer this photo that was dropped into our GL Photo […]

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The United States Supreme Court has just announced that it will not consider the eminent domain case brought by opponents of the Atlantic Yards development. While this clears the decks in terms of the Federal courts and the issue, the 11 property owners will now take the case to New York State Court, which is […]

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There was a press conference at City Hall yesterday under the auspices of BrooklynSpeaks to call for a new Atlantic Yards Development Trust and a community stakeholders group to oversee the project’s development. The change would be an interesting one as the planning and approval process has taken place at the state level. The group, […]

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The Campaign to Reform Atlantic Yards, which proposes an “Atlantic Yards Trust” to oversee the project as well as other reforms, is launching this morning at 10AM at City Hall. Among the local officials back it are Assembly Members Hakeem Jeffries and James Brennan and City Council Members Letitia James and David Yassky. Here’s a […]

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[Photo courtesy of Tracy Collins/flickr] This is the rubble of the Ward Bakery building as seen under the fence on Dean Street between Carlton and Vanderbilt Avenues in Prospect Heights. For those that may not follow the Atlantic Yards saga, the building is coming down for the massive, proposed Forest City Ratner project.

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Do you take photos of Brooklyn and post them on flickr? Please join our Gowanus Lounge Flickr Pool and tag pics you’d like us to see “gowanuslounge.” We love posting them. [Photo courtesy of Tracy Collins/flickr] This is a family stroll through the Atlantic Yards site, also known as Pacific Street, as captured on film […]

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[Photo courtesy of Tracy Collins/flickr] That big pro-Atlantic Yards rally sponsored by Forest City Ratner took place at Borough Hall yesterday. There were speeches by Borough President Marty Markowitz, Curtis Sliwa, ACORN’s Bertha Louis and others, although top-billed speaker Rev. Al Sharpton didn’t make it because of travel problems. The organizers said that 3,500 people […]

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The Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods is holding a noon press conference today at Ward Bakery, which suffered that parapet collapse yesterday, to call for a halt to demolitions for the Atlantic Yards development in Prospect Heights. The group wants an immediate suspension of activity until a “thorough investigation as to the cause of the collapse […]

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