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February 12, 2008

ATLANTIC YARDS RATNERVILLE CONSTRUCTION UPDATE (Video Edition*)

ATLANTIC YARDS CONSTRUCTION UPDATE
Weeks beginning February 11, 2008 and February 18, 2008

Long Island Rail Road/Vanderbilt Yard Work

  • Excavation, lagging, install walers and struts at Support of Excavation (SOE) piles at Southeast Gas Station (block 1121, lot 47).
  • Continue construction and debris removal from block 1121.
  • Trench and install conduit in block 1120.
  • Excavate and pour foundations for temporary access ramp to yard level in block 1120.
  • Installation of structure for access ramp.
  • Excavate and pour south foundation for cable bridge.
  • Prep and begin demo of southern portion of Carlton Av Bridge.

Abatement and Demolition Work

All work described below will comply with the additional oversight and protocols by the Department of Buildings (DOB) that were established on April 30th.

  • Demolition will begin at 800 Pacific Street (block 1129, lot 25) within this two week period.
  • Abatement is underway at 642-646 Pacific Street (block 1127, lot 30) and will continue throughout this two week period.
  • Abatement is underway at 645 Dean Street (block 1129, lot 62) and will continue throughout this two week period.
  • Back fill, clean up and fencing is underway at 546 Vanderbilt Avenue (block 1129, lot 54) and will continue within this two week period.
  • Demolition is underway at 626 Pacific Street (block 1127, lot 22) and will continue within this two week period.

Utility Work

All utility work scheduled to take place in Flatbush Avenue will only take place at night (between 10PM and 6AM) as mandated by DOT.

  • The first of three phases of upgraded water and sewer installations is underway and is expected to continue through the end of the year. Work will continue on Dean Street between Flatbush and Sixth Avenues and on Sixth between Pacific and Dean Streets. Night time work began on Flatbush Avenue at Dean Street and will continue north along Flatbush in the next two weeks.
  • Transit ducts on Flatbush Avenue between Atlantic Avenue and Dean Street will be relocated. This work is expected to continue over the next three months.

Transportation Update

  • The B65 bus stop on Dean Street at the east side of Flatbush Avenue has been temporarily relocated further east on Dean Street between Carlton and 6th Avenues to accommodate utility work described above.
  • On January 23, 2008, the Carlton Avenue Bridge, located between Atlantic Avenue and Pacific Street, was closed. Northbound traffic is being rerouted either west along Pacific Street to Sixth Avenue, which has been restriped as a two way street, or east along Pacific Street to Vanderbilt Avenue.


*Thanks to YouTube user "pacificisland" for the video of last night's construction activity. With utility work limited by DOT to the hours of 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., and other demolition work taking place during daylight hours, when exactly are residents within and adjacent to the Atlantic Yards footprint supposed to sleep?

Posted by eric at February 12, 2008 10:24 AM