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The Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council

Atlantic Yards
A proposal by the developer Forest City Ratner to build 16 towers and an arena on a 22 acre site in Prospect Heights.

CB2/CB6 joint meeting on Barclays Center liquor license

Start Date: 
April 10, 2012 - 6:30pm
Categories
Topic : 
Safety and security
Atlantic Yards
Sponsored By: 
Community Boards 2 and 6
Location: 
78th Precinct Station House
65 6th Avenue (between Bergen and Dean Streets)
Brooklyn, NY
United States
Description: 

Community Boards 2 and 6 will convene a joint session of their respective Committees to review the application by the Barclays Center arena operators for a license to sell full liquor throughout the facility. The meeting will include a presentation by representatives from Forest City Ratner, and members of the public will be able to testify.

Open to: 
General public

Speak Up For Brooklyn! benefit for Atlantic Yards

Start Date: 
October 13, 2011 - 7:00pm
Categories
Topic : 
Atlantic Yards
Sponsored By: 
BrooklynSpeaks
Location: 
Piquant NYC
259 Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
United States
Description: 
Since the announcement of the Atlantic Yards project nearly eight years ago, civic organizations have come together to fight for a voice for our communities in the project’s outcome. The stakes are huge, and the fight hasn’t been easy. Forest City Ratner, the Atlantic Yards developer, has enormous financial resources and powerful political connections.
 
But our efforts are showing real progress. In June, the New York State Assembly passed legislation intended to reform oversight of Atlantic Yards—even after Forest City Ratner lobbied against it. And in July, a State Supreme Court ruled that the Empire State Development Corporation violated state environmental law when it approved changes to the Atlantic Yards plan that allowed Forest City to extend construction from 10 to 25 years or more.
 
We need your support to keep up the fight.  On Thursday evening, October 13, the BrooklynSpeaks sponsors (including PHNDC) are hosting a benefit dinner to raise funds for continuing advocacy towards accountability at Atlantic Yards. Internationally-renowned sustainable development advocate Majora Carter, host of the PBS series “The Promised Land” will be our special guest. It’s a great opportunity for you to show your concern for Prospect Heights’ future, while learning about what other communities around the world are doing to ensure their sustainability in the years ahead.
 
Please join us for a very special evening at Piquant NYC, Prospect Heights’ favorite southwestern restaurant. Tickets are $175 per person, include a two course dinner with a complimentary glass of wine, beer or soda. Space is limited, so don’t delay!

 

Get tickets NOW!

Open to: 
General public (tickets required)

Rodent issues near Atlantic Yards site

Start Date: 
June 23, 2011 - 6:00pm
Categories
Topic : 
Safety and security
Atlantic Yards
Sponsored By: 
Councilmember Letitia James, Dean Street Block Association
Location: 
Soapbox Gallery
636 Dean Street (between Vanderbilt Avenue and Carlton Avenue)
United States
Description: 

Many residents believe construction at the Atlantic Yards site is the origin of an acute rodent problem, through a combination of disrupted nests, neglected abatement and new food sources. Sources for food and water that sustain the rodents are also available in the nearby residential community, most particularly as a result of improperly contained garbage.
 
Please join the meeting sponsors for a discussion of what can be done to alleviate the problem.
 
The NYC Department of Health, the NYC Department of Sanitation, the Empire State Development Corporation, and Forest City Ratner Companies have been invited to participate.

Open to: 
General public

UNITY 4 Community Meeting

Start Date: 
June 15, 2011 - 7:00pm
Categories
Topic : 
Urban planning
Housing
Sustainability
Atlantic Yards
Sponsored By: 
Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, Councilmember Letitia James, State Senator Velmanette Montgomery
Location: 
Atlantic Commons
388 Atlantic Avenue (between Hoyt and Bond)
United States
Description: 

Forest City Ratner is constructing the arena, but the rest of the demolished 22 acre site is a big questions mark...except for enormous "interim" surface parking lots.

In order to plan, set a better framework, and change the dynamic for the future development of the site Councilmember Letitia James, Senator Velmanette Montgomery and Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn invite you to UNITY 4, a community meeting on Wednesday, June 15th to discuss the community's plans for the Atlantic Yards site, with the UNITY Plan and its principles as a jumping off point.

The meeting will include a presentation by UNITY Plan designers and architects Marshall Brown and Ron Shiffman, a discussion of the current and future status of the site and Q&A with a panel including elected officials. Your ideas, thoughts and input will be invaluable to the meeting.

Open to: 
General public

Community meeting on Atlantic Yards traffic mitigations

Start Date: 
June 14, 2011 - 6:30pm
Categories
Topic : 
Traffic and transit
Atlantic Yards
Sponsored By: 
Forest City Ratner Companies
Location: 
Brooklyn Borough Hall
United States
Description: 

On Tuesday, May 24, Forest City Ratner (FCR) announced permanent changes to be made to the roadway network beginning on or about July 24.

Fourth Avenue (between Atlantic Avenue and Flatbush Avenue only) will be converted to one-way southbound. Pacific Street (between Fourth Avenue and Flatbush Avenue only) will be reversed, changing from one-way westbound to one-way eastbound. To accommodate this change, a new traffic signal will be installed at the intersection of Pacific Street and Flatbush Avenue, as will a new crosswalk across Flatbush Avenue. Vehicles will be able to make right or left turns onto Flatbush Avenue at this location. This block can be accessed from both northbound and southbound Fourth Avenue.

Fourth Avenue northbound traffic, including all commercial vehicles, can use Third Avenue via Atlantic Avenue to access Flatbush Avenue. Pacific Street will offer secondary access to Flatbush Avenue. No through truck traffic will be permitted on Pacific Street.

There will be a community forum to discuss the new traffic patterns on June 14 at 6:30pm at Brooklyn Borough Hall. There will be a presentation detailing the traffic changes and the public will have an opportunity to ask questions.  Click here to view the community notice as well as the detailed presentation that will be shown at the community forum.  For more information, community members may email FCR's community liaison office at communityliaison@atlanticyards.com.

Open to: 
General public

Atlantic Yards 2011: Real Governance Matters

Start Date: 
June 11, 2011 - 2:00pm
Categories
Topic : 
Urban planning
Atlantic Yards
Sponsored By: 
BrooklynSpeaks
Location: 
Atlantic Terrace
673 Atlantic Avenue (corner of South Portland Street)
United States
Description: 

It’s been more than a year since Atlantic Yards broke ground, and more than four years since the project was approved. Now construction may take 25 years or longer. Promised jobs and affordable housing haven’t materialized, while hundreds of millions of tax payer dollars have been spent already. And in the near term, most of what Brooklyn may end up with is an arena and a massive surface parking lot.
 
How did this happen? And, more importantly, what can be done now to ensure that promised public benefits are delivered and construction impacts are reduced?
 
Join the BrooklynSpeaks sponsors, Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries, State Senator Velmanette Montgomery and other local elected officials Saturday, June 11, 2011 at 2:00PM for a community forum on real reform of Atlantic Yards oversight. Find out what community organizations and local legislators are doing to make Forest City Ratner and the Empire State Development Corporation accountable to Brooklyn and to New York City.

Open to: 
General public