Game clock ticking on affordable housing at Brooklyn’s Pacific Park
This story was originally published on Aug. 5, 2019, by THE CITY.
The vast real estate development Pacific Park is sprouting apartment towers in the thick of Brooklyn’s building boom — but not fast enough to deliver promised affordable housing on time, local leaders warn.
Developer Forest City Ratner (now Greenland Forest City Partners) made a deal with the state five years ago to create 2,250 units of affordable housing by mid-2025, after failing to hit earlier targets on the project originally known as Atlantic Yards.