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May 7, 2009
Downtown Congestion Calls For Whole New Bus System
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
by Dennis Holt
In an editorial calling for a new downtown Brooklyn bus system, the Eagle's Dennis Holt, like a dog refusing to give up its stick, continues to speak of Atlantic Yards with the certainty of a true believer.
Atlantic Avenue, for some mysterious reason, is underserved. There are only three bus routes, two of which do not serve the entire span from river to 4th Avenue. This avenue is going to become ever more important through Brooklyn Bridge Park and Atlantic Yards.
NoLandGrab: We admire Holt's fidelity to Bruce Ratner's megaproject, however misplaced it might be. But his grasp of the facts? He calls Bergen Street "the only primarily residential street in brownstone Brooklyn with a city bus route," but he either is forgetting Dean Street, or conveniently ignoring its residential nature — perhaps since it would, in his ideal world, border the Barclays Center.
Posted by eric at May 7, 2009 9:47 AM