It closed around December and, as the wide-angle photo below from Tracy Collins shows, it's all been cleared.
There are still people living in the white building at left and the tan-yellow building at center.

This watchdog blog, by journalist Norman Oder, concerns the $6B project to build the Barclays Center arena & 15-16 towers at a crucial site in Brooklyn. Dubbed Atlantic Yards by developer Forest City Ratner in 2003, it was rebranded Pacific Park Brooklyn in 2014 after the Chinese government-owned Greenland USA bought a 70% stake going forward. In 2018, once the arena & four towers were built, Greenland bought out most of Forest City's stake, then sold three leases to other companies.
i'd prefer high density residential here to a gas station any day.
ReplyDeletethats a fine opinion, but what would be there is a billion dollar basketball arena
ReplyDeleteThe gas station and mechanic shop was taken using the threat of eminent domain; it was taken from a 25-year old successful business for the purpose of Bruce Ratner's land speculation.
I'd rather have a gas station than that.
That was my mechanic. It took me years to find someone I knew I could trust and to build a relationship with them. Ever since they've closed I've had nothing but bad experiences with other mechanics.
ReplyDeleteWhen an old, established and thriving neighborhood is torn apart like this to be replaced by an unnatural planned community, there are all sorts of negative impacts.
Where are the people in my neighborhood?