Air quality

The attached photos were provided to me by a resident who lives near the work.  The resident says the photos are from 11 PM or later.  The concerns about dust, and the photos, were provided to me long after the incident documented here.
 
I understand 311 complaints related to the problem with dust in this location were filed.
 
 

I have heard numerous complaints about dust due to the work in this location.  The 311 complaint for this incident was filed at the time the problem was observed, only the filing of the complaint on AYW is delayed.
 
There was significant dust blowing out of the work site across Atlantic Avenue toward Atlantic Terrace.  Although the worker says what I was witnessing was not dust, it sure looked like it to me.
 
Video of the dust:  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Xb9vS2EKPs&list=UU80z_6IGgNNMwtGZRmf02lQ
 

The contractor Russo worked on equipment inside block 1129 on a Saturday although no weekend work was disclosed in the relevant Two-Week Look-ahead.  
 
There was very loud metal on metal banging and several pieces of equipment were left idling.  
 
The equipment was idling for longer than 3 minutes.  I did not have time to call 311.  The idling continued throughout the course of the 2 videos that follow, both longer than 3 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w31zcVL4zyQ&list=UU80z_6IGgNNMwtGZRmf02lQ

18 wheeler tractor for steel delivery idles for more than 45 min and still ilding
http://youtu.be/wieFV4shQi4

It is probably hard to demolish a building without causing dust, and the Weinstein building at 752 Pacific Street is a case in point.  The dust is blowing through the building in the direction of Dean Street and Carlton Avenue.  It is visible blowing across the whole lot to the street.  I am not sure how much is captured by the video I am posting because dust is hard to capture by video, especially if viewed on youtube.  You should be able to see the dust blowing out of the upper windows on the Dean and Carlton side of the building and blowing toward the street.

2014-10-16 3 ea Barclays 18 wheel tractor trailers stage, illegally idle over 15 min & block 6th Ave bet Dean St & Atlantic Ave
http://youtu.be/zyuwsADWsXI
1) Truck drivers near Atlantic stand outside truck and chat while idling
2) Truck driver bet Dean St & Pacific walks around his rig & works & adjusts equipment while idling
3) S/B Fire truck can't maneuver because not enough room
4) School bus blocked
5) Honking
6) no flaggers

2014-10-08 work @ B3 until 9pm
http://youtu.be/yUU4vWPih1I
 

No flaggers several (picture attached) 18 wheeler for B3 site work blocks traffic and causes bus full of children who's driver view is blocked must travel into on comining traffic.
http://youtu.be/uMdm-VWAQUE
00:57 blocks traffic and causes bus full of children who's driver view is blocked must travel into on comining traffic.
 

http://youtu.be/wS_RGy1jRD0
Video & picture show uncontained dust releases @ B3 crane site prep into neighborhood!

In the spring of 2012, the Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council, a sponsor of Atlantic Yards Watch, commissioned a review of Atlantic Yards’ compliance with its stated environmental commitments, which was conducted by  Sandstone Environmental Associates of Metuchen, NJ. In addition to reviewing hundreds of incident reports submitted to AYW by community members during arena construction, Sandstone analyzed internal reports produced by Empire State Development Corporation’s (ESDC) environmental monitor, Henningson, Durham & Richardson Architecture and Engineering, P.C. (HDR). Sandstone’s final report documented significant issues of noncompliance with Atlantic Yards’ environmental commitments on the part of Forest City Ratner Companies and its contractors during arena construction, and made recommendations for improvements to be introduced in future phases of construction.

The Sandstone report received little acknowledgement by ESDC when it was published in July 2012. However, the report’s findings and recommendations were incorporated into the BrooklynSpeaks coalition’s response to the Draft Scope of Work for the Atlantic Yards Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) in March 2013, and were also referenced in the group’s comments on the Draft SEIS (DSEIS) submitted in May 2014.

A review of the Final SEIS (FSEIS), released in June 2014, shows that ESDC and FCRC have adopted modifications of the Atlantic Yards construction mitigation and monitoring programs for future construction at the site. Although some of the changes appeared in the DSEIS, significant additions were made between the DSEIS and the FSEIS. Here is an outline of changes to the project’s monitoring protocols that parallel recommendations made by Sandstone and comments from community organizations.