From the latest Construction Update: continued work at the 595 Dean site. No platform work planned, but odd (sloppy?) mention of future suspension of bus service.

The latest Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Construction Update (bottom), covering the two weeks beginning Monday, May 29 (though a holiday), has not been circulated by email yet by Empire State Development (ESD) after preparation (presumably) by master developer Greenland Forest City Partners.

But I did notice it yesterday--maybe it was there earlier--at ESD's Atlantic Yards page.

Again there's little change, compared with the previous update, though there is something odd.

The previous document simply said, regarding Block 1120, the crucial first block of the Vanderbilt Yard, where a platform would support three towers, "There are no construction activities scheduled for the reporting period." (The block is bounded by Sixth and Carlton avenues, and Pacific Street and Atlantic Avenue.)

The latest update repeats that, but goes on to add phrasing that was previously part of the Updates when the platform work was teased, starting in May 2022:

The MTA B45 bus stop at Atlantic and 6 Av. will be temporarily suspended during the platform construction period.
The following active bus stop is at Carlton and Atlantic Avenues.
Protocols and facilities have been established to ensure an orderly, safe workplace by following LIRR requirements and permits Monday through Friday from 7:00 am until approximately 3:30 pm.

That hints that the work might actually be starting, though in March they finally confirmed it wasn't happening as scheduled.

Given the general slack in oversight, and the failure to make any announcement, I'm going to treat this, until further notice, as a another instance of slopppiness in communication, the equivalent of the continued failure to accurately report after-hours work.

On the southeast block, progress

The new document does not indicate new work at the B12/B13 site, 595 Dean Street, two towers said by developer TF Cornerstone to already be open.

Mechanical, Plumbing, Fire Protection and Electrical punch list work is ongoing, as is LEED Commissioning and start-up of (unspecified) equipment. Punch list work for apartments continues.

Outside, in the open space, site improvements and landscaping subcontractor work on-going. Planting work is on-going.

After-hours work? 

Regarding after-hours work at the B12/B13 site, the document says there's a variance for work to start at 6 am on weekdays. No such variances for that time have been listed since mid-February, which suggests they're getting closer to completion.

It also says "Saturday work from 9 AM – 5 PM will continue." No variance has been listed since 4/1/23, though previous variances were from 9 am to 5:30 pm, a small but not insignificant persistent inaccuracy.

No one proofreads this stuff. Which is why I'm skeptical that the change in the text regarding the platform means anything.