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Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park infographics: what's built/what's coming/what's missing, who's responsible, + project FAQ/timeline (pinned post)

In slide from recent meeting, a new view of B4 tower, plus the site for the future B5

OK, sometime in the past few days Empire State Development (ESD), the state authority that oversees/shepherds the Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park project, posted the presentation from the 5/10/22 Quality of Life meeting, which I've added below, and also to my coverage the next morning. 

There isn't much revealing in the slideshow, but I have excerpted, at right, one slide, which is a helicopter perspective, looking west/southwest, at the western end of the railyard and the B4 tower (aka 18 Sixth Ave., or Brooklyn Crossing), which flanks the Barclays Center.

The arrow, which I added, points to the location of the planned B5 tower, the first one over the railyard. The railyard platform is expected to start next month. I suspect at least one foundation for the tower will also be installed by the June 15 deadline to qualify for the current 421-a tax break.

The tower is expected to go vertical next year, and should take two years to build.

B5 is slated to be about 77% of the height (and 71% of the bulk) of the B4 tower, with a T-shape that allows for limited segments of green open space flanking the building to the north at Atlantic Avenue and the south at Pacific Street.
 

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