Though neither developer Forest City Ratner nor Empire State Development, the state agency overseeing Atlantic Yards, has seen fit to share plans or comment publicly, an application for the surface parking lot on Block 1129, the southeast block, indicates 722 spaces, according to Atlantic Yards Watch's Gib Veconi.
The posting notes that the application includes "16 detention tanks for storm water management, presumably instead of planting areas that would otherwise reduce storm water runoff from the lot," as well as "fencing at the lot line, calling into question the four feet of planted space buffering the fence and the lot specified in the Technical Memo issued by ESDC."
The application is still pending approval, and Arana Hankin, Director, Atlantic Yards Project for ESD, told AYW there will be an opportunity for public comment.
Veconi raises questions about whether, in fact, city zoning requirements have been overridden and also asks:
The posting notes that the application includes "16 detention tanks for storm water management, presumably instead of planting areas that would otherwise reduce storm water runoff from the lot," as well as "fencing at the lot line, calling into question the four feet of planted space buffering the fence and the lot specified in the Technical Memo issued by ESDC."
The application is still pending approval, and Arana Hankin, Director, Atlantic Yards Project for ESD, told AYW there will be an opportunity for public comment.
Veconi raises questions about whether, in fact, city zoning requirements have been overridden and also asks:
- Where would the other 378 spaces be located?
- Will stackers be used?
- Will the Vanderbilt entrance be the only access to/egress from the lot?
- What are the specifications for the perimeter fence and its buffer from the surrounding sidewalks?
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