how will the Atlantic Yards project effect me?

jgregorie

okay i admit it im a self absorbed bastard that only cares about myself.
but im sure alot of people on this board are in the same boat as me in terms of how they think the AY project will effect them.

my back ground

i own a small one bedroom on prospect place between vanderbit and underhill, i work 9-5 in manhatten and take the Q train every morning from the 7th ave stop

so i was wondering about the following points

1. how will the project effect my property values, up or down?

2. will there be new restaurants and shops on vanderbilt?

3. will there be a huge increase in traffic both by foot and car on my street and surrounding streets?

4. will the Q train become packed beyond belief in the morning?

5. will the nets suck by the time they move to the stadium in 2010?

izisharp

That's a damn good question. Most of us are more concerned with the 'big picture' of what this development will do to the entire neighborhoods in which the site sits rather than thinking of how it effects us individually. But that's a good thing... this country as a whole needs to think about things outside themselves without being forced to. (There's the obvious example of ignorance and disconnect from issues leading to the reelection of our current Pres.) Thinking outside our daily routine is terribly important.

Atlantic Yards might not effect my daily routine, aside from making Brooklyn more comparable to the headache of traversing Penn Station and the blocks around Madison Sq Garden. Wait.. that's a HUGE headache.

And who cares if the Nets suck or not... the prospect of having a Brooklyn team to cheer for is wonderful. Don't be a fair-weather fan!

jgregorie

i think im just far enough away from it to where it would not effect me.
ie ( i wouldnt be able to hear the noise from its construction, or have screaming fans walk down my street dureing the night of a game )

the only thing im really worried about is the influx of new people on the subway dureing rush hour.

capt. planet

izisharp wrote: That's a damn good question. Most of us are more concerned with the 'big picture' of what this development will do to the entire neighborhoods in which the site sits rather than thinking of how it effects us individually. But that's a good thing... this country as a whole needs to think about things outside themselves without being forced to. (There's the obvious example of ignorance and disconnect from issues leading to the reelection of our current Pres.) Thinking outside our daily routine is terribly important.

Atlantic Yards might not effect my daily routine, aside from making Brooklyn more comparable to the headache of traversing Penn Station and the blocks around Madison Sq Garden. Wait.. that's a HUGE headache.

And who cares if the Nets suck or not... the prospect of having a Brooklyn team to cheer for is wonderful. Don't be a fair-weather fan!

Why don't you go a little crazy and thing really, really big... consider that the US Census sez NYC will have a million more residents in 20 years.

Where will they live? How will they get to work? Where will they work and play?

Do you want them living in Coney Island where they can drive to work and play? What, you say the Belt Parkway is already a morass? Well, damn, then, let them walk. Or drown themselves in the Atlantic Ocean.

Just don't change my n'hood.

Whatever.

jack krohn

I think the main way it would affect me is the commute. The trains will surely get more crowded.

According to the nut cases at DDDB and NoLandGrab, I have to worry about getting blown to smithereens by a terrorist while my toilet backs up. As my body flies through the roof, I will sail through the bitter winter air and past the long shadows cast by Gehry's grotesque skyscrapers. But my body will be warmed by the reflected sunlight (estimated temperature 136 degrees) and my fall cushioned by a flatbed truck piled with mattresses entangled in a traffic jam stretching all the way to Ozone Park. As I pick myself up, I will be attacked by loud, drunken frat boys leaving a Nets game. Hours later, as I climb the steps to my rapidly depreciating home, I will slip in a puddle of puke left behind by an errant Nets fan and crack my head open. But help will never arrive, for the ambulance will be stuck in traffic. And thus I shall die of massive brain trauma, the hapless victim of the biggest boondoggle in the NYC history.

deedee

Your property values will rise.
Hopefully it will bring more bars/restaurants/shops to Vanderbilt.
The "Q" train will be more crowded during rush hour and on game nights.
You'll have a local team to cheer for.

brooklynleather

DeeDee wrote: Your property values will rise.
Hopefully it will bring more bars/restaurants/shops to Vanderbilt.
The "Q" train will be more crowded during rush hour and on game nights.
You'll have a local team to cheer for.

but i hate sports

pureistheword

the only silver lining to the arena is that concerts I normally have gone to continental airlines arena for can be done in brooklyn.

breatheeasy

sorry, i swear i don't live under a rock, but what exactly is the atlantic yards project? can someone explain?
thanks : )

pureistheword

http://www.atlanticyards.com/

wally

Subject: developdontdestroy.org

You can't look at the website of the project without keeping these in mind as well!

http://developdontdestroy.org/

http://nolandgrab.org