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October 21, 2006
Are You Ready For 50K New Neighbors?
Brooklyn Downtown Star
Nik Kovac
"A platform over Sunnyside Yards," it read, "between Thompson Avenue and 43rd Street would create a development site of approximately 166 acres. Depending on the zoning, the new mixed use neighborhood could add between 18,000 and 35,000 new units. By themselves, the 20,000 to 50,000 residents of this 'new-town-in-town' could provide enough customers for an entirely new neighborhood with stores, schools, playing fields, and parks."Such a platform has always been high on the list for local councilman Eric Gioia, who is has lived near them for nearly his entire life. "I welcome this new study," he told the Ledger/Star by phone, "and I welcome development on that site."
In fact, he has even tried to lure Bruce Ratner's Nets arena to that site instead of the Prospect Heights railyards, but Ratner's people have so far told Gioia no way. The Prospect Heights location was conspicuously absent from the Garvin study of platform opportunities, even though four other sites in Brooklyn were included.
Posted by amy at October 21, 2006 8:06 AM