Posts with tag atlantic yards

Last week, infamous opponent to Brooklyn's much-maligned Atlantic Yards development project, Daniel Goldstein, surprised some of his supporters when he took a $3 million settlement from the developer who took ownership of his property through eminent domain. (Those who waxed cynical about his cash infusion apparently... Continue Reading »

Daniel Goldstein's apartment has appreciated in value by more than just about any other in his Prospect Heights, Brooklyn neighborhood. He bought it for $590,000 in 2003. Seven years later, he'll get $3 million to move out. Goldstein has been the most vociferous opponent to Atlantic Yards, a massive infill development... Continue Reading »

More than a dozen of the most powerful players in New York politics and business gathered yesterday to break ground on the long-awaited construction at Atlantic Yards, a massive $4.9 billion development now under construction in downtown Brooklyn. One after another they took the stage to praise the development. Embattled... Continue Reading »

It's common, often snickered about, knowledge that "the Slope" is the place to which Manhattanites flee once they have kids and are sick of squeezing into too-small rental apartments. Child-free Brooklynites love to complain about the Park Slope "stroller brigade" but all those moms (like the ones recently depicted in the... Continue Reading »

Atlantic Yards, the controversial redevelopment project in one of Brooklyn's busiest intersections, has been stalled and hobbled since long before scaffolding went up at Pacific and Dean in 2007. Whether or not the nearly $5 billion project is in the public interest is still up for grabs (opposition groups have continually... Continue Reading »