DOCUMENT TITLE: PRINCIPLES FOR RESPONSIBLE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT ON THE VANDERBILT RAIL YARDS
SECTION 1: BACKGROUND
In 2003, residents of Brooklyn heard for the first time that Forest City Ratner Companies (FCRC) was making development plans for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA’s) rail yards at Atlantic Avenue and for several surrounding blocks - an area totaling some 23 acres of land. Subsequently, neighborhood and civic groups affected by the proposed development met to discuss the FCRC proposal and the potential of the
367,000 SF (8.4 acre) rail yards for development.