Comments on: A terminal opens in Brooklyn, over two years late

By: Nathanael

Nathanael — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:07:59 +0000

Penn Station as currently built (with the demolished headhouse) is incompatible with popular trains, which fast trains will be…. There’s simply not enough waiting room.

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Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:04:50 +0000

[...] the new terminal building at Atlantic Ave. in Brooklyn, critics and columnists praised the light and airy nature of the building. Featuring a seemless integration of art and architecture, the new terminal [...]

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Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:19:07 +0000

[...] ago, the MTA finally cut the ribbon on its new terminal building at Atlantic Ave. in Brooklyn. Over budget and past deadline, the new building garnered praise for its airy inside and state-of-the-art facilities. Inside the [...]

By: AlexB

AlexB — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:23:45 +0000

The whole Atlantic Terminal complex is a great idea in terms of putting an office and shopping hub over a major train station, but the architecture is terrible from both utilitarian and aesthetic points of view. The sidewalk on Atlantic is small, Fort Greene Place has been turned into a loading dock street where you always have to walk by 18 wheelers. The buildings look very suburban and out of place in a big city. Honestly, I can’t wait for the Barclays Center, assuming it’ll be the Shop design. It won’t be contextual at all, which is fine by me, but it will be well designed.

By: Ariel

Ariel — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:41:04 +0000

haha, I was thinking the same thing!

By: Benjamin Kabak

Benjamin Kabak — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:23:12 +0000

So the people who go to the mall want it there, and the people who don’t would rather not see it at all. It doesn’t fit, and the whole Atlantic Yards project is an insult to the neighborhoods surrounding it. That’s just my opinion, but it’s one shared by many who live near the area.

By: Kai B

Kai B — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:20:18 +0000

I did see many food establishments!

By: Kai B

Kai B — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:19:12 +0000

Right, but Fort Greene wasn’t exactly Disneyland in the 70s and 80s either! But most of the damage I saw at those two outer stations looked like simply aging infrastructure though. I doubt any of the three stations received much maintenance in the later half of the century.

By: Brian H

Brian H — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:01:48 +0000

0:28 in the vid, “finally Brooklyn gets something it can be proud of.” Whoever told this guy to say that should be shot. Yes, between the parks and all of the music events from classical to ironically hipster, the festivals, restaurants, etc etc, plus something about a bridge a guy wanted to sell me, I no longer have to hang my head in shame because of this decade-in-the-making skylight. Thanks, LIRR!

By: Miguel

Miguel — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:35:48 +0000

Your statement that Ratner’s mall occupies a little corner of Brooklyn “that doesn’t really want him there,” seems to be belied by the enormous crowds that I witnessed throughout both wings of the mall when I lived nearby last summer.