Stadium Discussion
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Now they need that same express to also run to the bronx. Imagine being able to get from queens to the bronx and vice versa by train. Without going through manhattan!
i love watching stuff about urban explorations and always saw videos of these abandoned tracks, i love that they are trying to make it work. something needed probably for decades now.
I agree in principal but it sounds like a 10-year project. It's only at the feasibility study phase at the moment. That being said, if they can make the stadium site choice part of this project that could make things easier.
Good project, and long overdue. And I'd say a Jackson Heights terminus is definitely close enough to help us a lot.
Can't help but keep coming back to Willets Point. From a business perspective, it just checks so many boxes. Add in a comprehensive public transportation plan and it's lights out.
But hey, if the Yankees and CB4 and all the other stakeholders all get together and sing 'Kumbaya' and we finally get movement on GAL, I'm fine with that too. Just get a damn shovel in the ground.
If Metro-North wasn't already moving ahead with their plan to use the Bronx Amtrak tracks to get to Penn Station, they could have been used to do exactly this. Hochul said there would be too much traffic added to those lines to use them.
Someday, Broadway Junction is going to get a huge development with an anchor project. So many transit options (A, C, J, Z, LIRR) and this Interborough line adds another.
Maybe we could give his brother a no-show job for more than $1 to help get some movement on this? /s
State Bill Would Eliminate Parking Minimums in the City - Streetsblog New York City
“How backwards is it in this day and age, while trying to promote mass transit and alternate modes of transportation, to have mandatory minimums for the automobile,” said state Sen. Brad Hoylman.
nyc.streetsblog.org
I don't think parking minimum regulations have anything to do with the number of parking spots the Yankees want in the garages. Nor can I think of any other connection of this to a potential stadium,State Bill Would Eliminate Parking Minimums in the City - Streetsblog New York City
“How backwards is it in this day and age, while trying to promote mass transit and alternate modes of transportation, to have mandatory minimums for the automobile,” said state Sen. Brad Hoylman.
From what I've been able to gather, parking minimums aren't a factor in the area around Yankee Stadium. Everything is contractual rather than statutory. If there were any minimums in the zoning, the available spots so far exceeded them they aren't even mentioned.
This is a quick summary of the bond severance proposal (which is pretty clever). It includes a little history of the lots:
CB4_BPDC_History_Memo_4_7_2021.pdf (nyc.gov)
My man Kevin BRINGS RECEIPTS!
By the way, while looking for info on the parking situation I came across this story, with some nice data (apologies if someone has already posted it): the parking lots averaged 36 percent utilization in 2018. The usual number of spots occupied for Yankees home games is around 3,500.
The deal Bronx CB4 was going to vote on would have included 5,182 spots; the Yankees changed the terms sheet to insist on 5,500 spots, which also would have necessitated valet parking for some of the spots -- an added cost.
In other words, they blew up the deal over 318 parking spots they don't even need.
I don't know why they'd take 20 percent of a franchise and then do everything they can to screw it up, but it's really hard to not conclude they're sabotaging this stadium on purpose. CFG needs to push them out the door and find a real dance partner.
NYCFC stadium deal for South Bronx in limbo – Bronx Times (bxtimes.com)
The deal Bronx CB4 was going to vote on would have included 5,182 spots; the Yankees changed the terms sheet to insist on 5,500 spots, which also would have necessitated valet parking for some of the spots -- an added cost.
In other words, they blew up the deal over 318 parking spots they don't even need.
I don't know why they'd take 20 percent of a franchise and then do everything they can to screw it up, but it's really hard to not conclude they're sabotaging this stadium on purpose. CFG needs to push them out the door and find a real dance partner.
NYCFC stadium deal for South Bronx in limbo – Bronx Times (bxtimes.com)
There were several articles in mid-December about his interest in a stadium. I assume this is something new?
We pulled parking data from 2015 to use here: https://theoutfield.substack.com/p/stuck-in-park
