I will make a very brief appearance on BCAT's Brooklyn Review show tonight, in the second segment mentioned below. Here's the segment, mostly about the Third & Bond blog on Brownstoner (That's me interviewed by Brooklyn Review producer Megan Donis, at the 6th Avenue Bridge. In the segment, Donis makes the point I made to her, that the Third & Bond project is far less controversial than AY because it doesn't require any special approvals.) The blurb: Brooklyn Review (Brooklyn's Only News Magazine) Premiere: Monday, May 12 at at 9pm (Time Warner 56/Cablevision 69) Encore Presentations: Thursday, May 15 at 1pm & 9pm; Friday, May 16 at 3pm & 11pm On this episode, Brooklyn Review’s team of reporters explores tension between the African American and Jewish communities in Crown Heights; looks at the role real estate and watchdog blogs are playing in Brooklyn development; visits a Bensonhurst high school where students are examining the ethics of war throu...
This watchdog blog, by journalist Norman Oder, covers the project to build the Barclays Center arena and 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 Shanghai-based Greenland USA took a majority share. Forest City left in 2018. Eight towers and the arena have been built. After a stall, Cirrus and LCOR in 2025 took over as master developers. A plan to complete the project is pending.