It’s 1,400 pages long and the Environment Impact Statement for the Atlantic Yards Development Project is in and it sounds BAD. Some of the findings: a new school would be needed to handle all the
children. The buildings will block views of the Williamsburg Bank building. Dozens of crowded intersections would be choked with more
traffic. Brownstone neighborhoods would find themselves in shadow. The
city’s sewer and water systems would face new challenges. Need a parking space on one of the game days: Forget it.
All in all: not a pretty picture. And the costs are astronomical. Read more at