By Deborah
Kolben
Atlantic Yards: Mike Leonardos has been serving hot coffee and two-egg specials at the
Silver Spoon diner on Flatbush Avenue for more than 20 years.
Comment.
By Jotham
Sederstrom
Atlantic Yards: Developer Bruce Ratner’s plan to bring the New Jersey Nets to Brooklyn
could jeopardize plans to build a Coney Island amateur athletics arena,
known as Sportsplex, which had recently gained new life as a possible
venue for volleyball in the city’s bid to host the 2012 summer Olympics.
Comment.
By Deborah
Kolben
Atlantic Yards: Community Board 2
will vote on the Downtown Brooklyn Plan at a rescheduled meeting on Feb.
3 in the auditorium of Brooklyn Technical High School, on DeKalb Avenue
at Fort Greene Place, at 6 pm.
Comment.
By Deborah
Kolben
Atlantic Yards: When real estate
developer Bruce Ratner pulled back the curtain on his colossal $2.5 billion
plan to convert a swath of Prospect Heights into a Frank Gehry-designed
neighborhood of apartments and offices centered around a professional
basketball arena, there wasn’t an empty seat in the house.
Comment.
By Deborah
Kolben
Atlantic Yards: As Brooklyn residents
and elected and appointed officials digest the news that developer Bruce
Ratner wants to build a colossal, $2.5 billion residential and commercial
complex at Atlantic Terminal that would house his newly acquired New Jersey
Nets, a far less publicized major rezoning plan that would pack Downtown
Brooklyn with sweeping skyscrapers is rolling full steam ahead.
Comment.
Atlantic Yards: It’s the most
exciting Brooklyn news in five decades.
Comment.