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December 14, 2007
Radio reaction
The Brooklyn Paper, Letter to the Editor
To the editor,
I recently heard your editor on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer show and want to thank him for stating the community’s concerns about Atlantic Yards in a balanced way and for putting the security issue in context.
Opponents’ supposedly “unreasonable” concerns turned real in Newark, where, two weeks before that city’s hockey arena opened, people were informed that two local streets would have to be closed every home game.
It’s no wonder Brooklynites fear that two weeks before our basketball arena opens, the NYPD will announce that there will be lanes closings on Atlantic and Flatbush avenues, or rerouted traffic, or vehicle inspections.
Given the size and location of Atlantic Yards, any one of these actions would cause incalculable harm to Brooklyn’s economy, traffic movement, air quality and public health by gridlocking the intersection of Atlantic, Flatbush and Fourth avenues. The effects would extend far beyond the area studied in the state’s narrowly focused environmental study.
The only thing that’s unreasonable is to pretend there is no problem.
Alan Rosner, Prospect Heights
Posted by lumi at December 14, 2007 4:31 AM