Here the smaller shops, restaurants, churches and boutiques give way to the Atlantic Terminal, where subway services at the Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center station converge with the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR).

4 hours ago · Speed up the slowdown! The city Department of Transportation won't redesign a treacherous 13-block stretch of Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn without conducting a momentum-killing traffic study — even though lawmakers have been demanding a road diet and other safety improvements as part of an ongoing decade-long neighborhood rezoning process.. At a public hearing on Wednesday about the Atlantic ...

In Brooklyn, Atlantic Avenue is a bustling corridor, known for its blend of residential neighborhoods and commercial hubs. It passes through areas like Brooklyn Heights, Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill, and Bedford-Stuyvesant, offering a mix of shops, restaurants, and cultural institutions.

14 hours ago · In total, the Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan would rezone approximately 21 blocks along Atlantic Avenue, stretching from Vanderbilt Avenue in Prospect Heights to Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights. The goal is to promote a mix of housing, commercial, and industrial uses while making the corridor more pedestrian friendly and economically vibrant, according to the Department of City Planning ...

Nov 11, 2024 · Mayor Eric Adams’ administration is pushing the Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan, which aims to revitalize 21 blocks of Atlantic Avenue from Vanderbilt Avenue to Nostrand Avenue, reaching...

Oct 15, 2024 · The Atlantic Avenue-Mixed Use Plan offers a transformational opportunity to create urgently-needed housing, including income-restricted affordable housing, as well as space for 2,800 permanent new jobs in the commercial and industrial sectors.

Oct 15, 2024 · Atlantic Avenue is one of Brooklyn’s most important east-west corridors, connecting Downtown Brooklyn to Queens and Long Island. The plan area is in a transit-rich part of Central Brooklyn, surrounded by thriving residential neighborhoods where housing demand and costs have soared in recent decades.

Today Atlantic Avenue is renowned for its popular “Antiques Row,” Middle Eastern specialty food shops, fine restaurants with international cuisine, pubs, and cafés, as well as a host of boutiques,

Jan 29, 2025 · The Atlantic Avenue Mixed Use plan area. Graphic: Department of City Planning. The Atlantic Avenue Mixed Use Plan, put forth by the Department of City Planning, has been an over 10-year quest to create a comprehensive neighborhood plan for a 13-block stretch of Atlantic Avenue. The rezoning would create mixed use areas out of manufacturing ...

The history of Atlantic Avenue as we know it today, began in the 1700s. It was first a private road terminating at Ralph Patchen’s farm on the East River. This country lane was swallowed up by District Street, which became the southernmost boundary …