Before Draft Community Engagement Report, ESD posts copy of online survey questions: "Help Inform the Future of Atlantic Yards!"
As we wait for the Draft Community Engagement Report to be released ahead of the two meetings on March 19, first the Atlantic Yards Community Development Corporation and then a fourth public workshop, Empire State Development (ESD), the state authority that oversees/shepherds the project. has posted the online survey questions as a document (also at bottom).
Survey responses, as well as public responses at the three previous workshops, should inform the report.
Since then, the lack of details--height of the buildings? rendering of the proposed plan? requested subsidies?--have been absent.
General landscape
How Familiar Are You With These Sites?
How often do you visit the following locations or their immediate surroundings?
Why do you usually visit these sites or their immediate surroundings?
Housing issues
Would you prefer additional height and density on the Phase 2 sites if they made possible an expanded open space?
Open space vision
What is/are your primary mode(s) of transportation? Select all that apply.
Which of the following would you like to see built at these sites or in the immediate area?
Is there anything else you would like to tell us about infrastructure needs surrounding the project site?
More info, and demographics
Is there anything else you’d like to share about the Atlantic Yards Redevelopment Project?
Tell Us About Yourself!
As I wrote Nov. 19, citing the excerpt below, there’s been no proposal yet of an alternate way to deliver public benefits without acceding to the developer’s blueprint—or of third-party experts to vet the validity of the plans.
Since then, the lack of details--height of the buildings? rendering of the proposed plan? requested subsidies?--have been absent.
So it's not likely that they'll be in the report, which may be issued today or tomorrow to allow for a minimal opportunity to digest and respond before the meetings Thursday.
The questions
Below, I've excerpted the questions from the survey, with my own headings in italics, but not the response options. Still, they offer a general sense of how the discourse might be shaped.
How Familiar Are You With These Sites?
How often do you visit the following locations or their immediate surroundings?
Why do you usually visit these sites or their immediate surroundings?
Housing issues
What challenges have you faced when looking for housing?
What do you prioritize when choosing a place to live?
What types of housing does the neighborhood surrounding Atlantic Yards need more of?
Which level of rental housing affordability is most important to you or your household?
What do you prioritize when choosing a place to live?
What types of housing does the neighborhood surrounding Atlantic Yards need more of?
Which level of rental housing affordability is most important to you or your household?
Love and hate the area
What’s something you love about Atlantic Yards and the surrounding areas?
What’s something you want to change about Atlantic Yards and the surrounding areas?
Future vision
Imagine you are standing on the site in the future. Use one word to describe the Atlantic Yards you want to see when this project is complete.
What’s something you love about Atlantic Yards and the surrounding areas?
What’s something you want to change about Atlantic Yards and the surrounding areas?
Future vision
Imagine you are standing on the site in the future. Use one word to describe the Atlantic Yards you want to see when this project is complete.
Density issues
The Phase II development team is proposing to strategically increase height, density and total units across the site. We are seeking your input on how to ensure that this density supports affordability, open space, and other community goals. To enable more units, additional height and density may be required.
What elements are most important to make increased density successful on these sites?
Affordable housing trade-off
When balancing affordability levels across a large project, there is a trade-off between seeing more total affordable units at higher income ranges vs. seeing fewer total units at deeper affordability levels.
Would you prefer to see more affordable units spread out across a broader range of incomes, or fewer units that are focused on deeper affordability levels?
Open space trade-off
The Phase II development team is proposing to strategically increase height, density and total units across the site. We are seeking your input on how to ensure that this density supports affordability, open space, and other community goals. To enable more units, additional height and density may be required.
What elements are most important to make increased density successful on these sites?
Affordable housing trade-off
When balancing affordability levels across a large project, there is a trade-off between seeing more total affordable units at higher income ranges vs. seeing fewer total units at deeper affordability levels.
Would you prefer to see more affordable units spread out across a broader range of incomes, or fewer units that are focused on deeper affordability levels?
Open space trade-off
Would you prefer additional height and density on the Phase 2 sites if they made possible an expanded open space?
Open space vision
What kinds of features would you most like to see in new open spaces on these sites?
Which open spaces in and around the Atlantic Yards area do you feel are the most successful, and why?
What could be improved about the existing open space in and around the Atlantic Yards area?
Retail and community facilities
What kinds of shops or stores would you like to see on these sites?
What kinds of public or non-profit spaces would you like to see on these sites?
Transportation and infrastructure
Which open spaces in and around the Atlantic Yards area do you feel are the most successful, and why?
What could be improved about the existing open space in and around the Atlantic Yards area?
Retail and community facilities
What kinds of shops or stores would you like to see on these sites?
What kinds of public or non-profit spaces would you like to see on these sites?
Transportation and infrastructure
What is/are your primary mode(s) of transportation? Select all that apply.
Which of the following would you like to see built at these sites or in the immediate area?
Is there anything else you would like to tell us about infrastructure needs surrounding the project site?
More info, and demographics
Is there anything else you’d like to share about the Atlantic Yards Redevelopment Project?
Tell Us About Yourself!
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