From the start the "park" has never been a real Park with all the rights of NYC's parks under our local laws. This has always been an amenity for AY's quasi gated community & one that IIRC is subject to management decisions such as closing times, etc. From this perspective the numbers we are supposed to accept in exchange for all the added density are just improving an amenity that will be used to attract tenants and not benefit the general public in any meaningful way.
Indeed, BrooklynSpeaks has advocated that the open space be put under the jurisdiction of the Parks Department. I've pointed out that the entity in charge, the Pacific Park Conservancy, is a phantom.
From the start the "park" has never been a real Park with all the rights of NYC's parks under our local laws. This has always been an amenity for AY's quasi gated community & one that IIRC is subject to management decisions such as closing times, etc. From this perspective the numbers we are supposed to accept in exchange for all the added density are just improving an amenity that will be used to attract tenants and not benefit the general public in any meaningful way.
Indeed, BrooklynSpeaks has advocated that the open space be put under the jurisdiction of the Parks Department. I've pointed out that the entity in charge, the Pacific Park Conservancy, is a phantom.
https://normanoder.substack.com/p/beyond-height-and-density-key-questions
I was so focused on the math here that I didn't get to that bigger picture.