Tracked construction issues

There have recently been many sightings of trucks leaving the Atlantic Yards site through residential streets not designated as truck routes. Although ESDC initially claimed the infractions to be isolated incidents, subsequent incident reports filed with AYW showed that this was not so. A summary of these sightings was published by AYW on August 25, 2011.

This forum will post updates to the problem of ensuring better compliance with use of designated truck routes.

Although no construction is taking place on the eastern end of the Atlantic Yards footprint, contractors performing night time work move in and out of block 1129 (between Carlton Avenue, Vanderbilt Avenue, Dean Street and Pacific Street) with equipment and materials. Noise from these activities began to be reported in July 2001 (see 172), and in September of 2011, a representative from Forest City Ratner explained to AYW that night time work requiring access to the block 1129 staging area was expected through August 2012.

In the spring of 2011, residents of the blocks of Pacific Street and Dean Street south of the Atlantic Yards footprint began reporting an alarming infestation of rats (see 53, 54, 63, 69, 106). Rats were later reported north of the footprint (see 103).

Since the time AYW was launched in April 2011, community members have submitted reports of illegal parking of private cars by construction workers on the streets south of the Atlantic Yards footprint (see 11, 12, 56, 83, 88, 90, 99, 100, 121, 133, 281).

Several community members have submitted reports of noise from jackhammering at the intersection of 4th Avenue and Atlantic Avenue (see 271, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 288, 289, 295) beginning in late August 2011.  Some report filing 311 complaints dating back to July 2011.