Atlantic Yards oversight board sets meeting as project ramps up

The Long Island Rail Road railyards between Sixth Avenue and Vanderbilt Avenue. For 20 years, people have been waiting for the yards to be “platformed,” with housing to be built above them.
Photo: Mary Frost/Brooklyn Eagle

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT has scheduled a Dec. 2 meeting of the Atlantic Yards Community Development Corporation, giving the public just a week’s notice as newly-revealed project details move forward, according to Atlantic Yards Report.

While the megaproject — approved in 2003 and formerly called Atlantic Yards — produced Barclays Center, market-rate towers and half of the promised affordable units, it has yet to deliver nearly a thousand more affordable apartments over the rail yards.

The session, at the Shirley Chisholm State Office Building, comes amid heightened activity from new master developers Cirrus and LCOR, who outlined a “ feasible plan” for completing the long-stalled project, now known as Pacific Park Brooklyn, at a Nov. 18 workshop.

The board is expected to review public feedback and next steps toward a forthcoming Memorandum of Understanding, which would precede a formal public review process. Public comments are due by Dec. 1. RSVP by Dec. 1 to attend the Dec. 2 meeting.

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