Brooklyn's Atlantic Rail Yards Google-Mapped

OnNYTurf has mapped a controversial area of Brooklyn, New York: The Atlantic Rail Yards. The map does a great job to show the planned areas of re-development and helps you envision what will be there. Here is an excerpt from the OnNYTurf blog post about the map that describes the debate: "One of the main arguments Bruce Ratner and his supporters make for his plan is that the area, around the Railyards, is blighted. By this he and his backers rationalize that Ratner should receive government backed loans and be able to use Eminent Domain to grab private property around the yards so he can build a sports complex and a dozen or so towers, some which would include affordable housing". Check out the map here, and more information on the situation here. (This map was created using the new OnNYTurf map engine: Bitweaver)

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