| The
MTA Vanderbilt Rail Yard is 8 acres of separating Prospect
Heights, Fort Greene, Park Slope and Boerum Hill. The Brooklyn
Academy of Music, only two blocks away, attracts performers
and visitors from around the world. Property values in all
of the surrounding neighborhoods are skyrocketing. |
Instead
of closing streets, we propose extending South Eliot, South
Oxford, Cumberland, Adelphi, and Clermont into the Yards.
The new streets create pedestrian connections and more lot
frontages. They also create smaller sites that could be developed
either simultaneously or gradually. |
Instead
of creating privately held courtyards, we have proposed a
network of public spaces that would stretch the length of
the site and connect to surrounding streets. This robust network
of streets and open spaces will finally stitch the neighborhoods
together. |
