ATLANTIC YARDS CONSTRUCTION
UPDATE
Weeks beginning November 5, 2007 and
November 11, 2007
In an effort to keep the
Atlantic Yards Community aware of upcoming
construction activities, ESD and Forest City
Ratner provide the following outline of
anticipated upcoming construction
activities.
Please note: the scope and nature of
activities are subject to change based upon
field conditions. All work has been approved
by appropriate City and State agencies where
required. In addition to the activities
described below noise attenuation and
vibration monitoring measures are underway
in connection with the Memorandum of
Environmental Commitments dated 12/08/06.
Long Island Rail Road/Vanderbilt Yard
Work
Mid-block Support of Excavation (SOE)
piles: lagging is complete; anchor test is
complete; begin installing anchors.
Continue drilling SOE piles at Southeast
Gas Station (block 1121, lot 47).
Test pile for Temporary Train Trestle
foundation piles is complete; no further
testing is required; removing test pile from
site.
Continue preparing site for mobilization
to East Portal to drill foundation piles by
creating earth ramps for drilling and
excavating site to begin foundation trestle
piles.
Continue preparing site to drill
foundation piles for cable bridge (adjacent
to 6th Avenue Bridge, north side of block
1120).
Excavating to elevation +34 and banking
soil in preparation to drill Temporary Train
Trestle foundation piles in block 1121.
Begin drilling Temporary Train Trestle
foundation piles in block 1121.
Continue construction and debris removal.
Removal of DOT light poles on north side
Pacific Street, block 1121, and install
temporary lighting (current location
interferes with future SOE).
Re-configure fence separating yard
construction from LIRR operations at East
Portal.
Abatement and Demolition Work
All work described below will comply with
the additional oversight and protocols by
the Department of Buildings (DOB) that were
established on April 30th.
Demolition is underway at 465 Dean Street
(block 1127, lot 54) and will continue
throughout this 2-week period.
Demolition will be completed at 814
Pacific Street (block 1129, lot 45) when a
remaining portion at the rear is removed in
conjunction with demolition at 538
Vanderbilt Avenue.
Abatement was completed at 538 Vanderbilt
Avenue (block 1129, lot 46) after a parapet
was removed under the review of the DOB BEST
Squad. Demolition will begin once 540
Vanderbilt has been properly secured as a
precaution per the instructions of the
structural engineer.
Demolition will be underway at 542
Vanderbilt Avenue (block 1129, lot 50)
within this two-week period.
Demolition will be underway at 546
Vanderbilt Avenue (block 1129, lot 54)
within this two-week period and continue for
the next twothree months.
Demolition, clean-up and black fill has
been completed at 818 Pacific Street (block
1129, lot 46).
At the request of the DOB BEST Squad,
jersey barriers will be installed in front
of 800 Pacific Street (block 1129, lot 25).
Utility Work
The first of three phases of upgraded
water and sewer installations will begin in
this two week period and is expected to be
underway for three months. Work will start
on Dean Street at Flatbush Avenue, continue
along Dean to 6th Avenue and proceed along
6th from Dean to Pacific Street.
