Gothamist: Mayor Wants to Knock Rust off Iron Triangle

Ex-Flushing Resident

Wed, 02 May 2007 23:27:59 -0500

Anyone who is boo hooing about eminent domain, "displaced individuals" and "gritty businesses" has obviously never been into the Iron Triangle. It has a population of about one. It's not a neighborhood; it's an auto graveyard. Good riddence.

mister yuk

Wed, 02 May 2007 18:01:04 -0500

That area is like a carnival, but it's also an utter cesspit and home (at low tide) to literally the worst stench I've ever smelled. I'd say good riddance, but who's going to want to live there anyway??

bk

Wed, 02 May 2007 15:52:39 -0500

where am i going to get my car fixed now?

anonymass

Wed, 02 May 2007 15:23:30 -0500

I have a feeling that new construction would unearth a few bodies.

Toby

Wed, 02 May 2007 15:15:36 -0500

And how much money will be needed to deal with the decades of hazardous waste on and below the site?

Kevin Bracken

Wed, 02 May 2007 14:52:10 -0500

Hmm, I kind of like the little pockets of New York that are filled with grungy little businesses.

winston wolfe

Wed, 02 May 2007 13:56:23 -0500

Aren't those auto shops all mobbed up the yahzoo?

Millie

Wed, 02 May 2007 13:19:39 -0500

I am so tired of eminent domain! What if someone came into his neighborhood and decided wehre he lived or work would be better if they just took his place/property, how would he feel then. This eminent domain thing must stop! So many displaced individuals all over in the name of economic growth! ugh!

Kid Twist

Wed, 02 May 2007 12:50:31 -0500

Good idea, Bloomie. And then we can move the displaced scrapyards and body shops to East 79th Street.

M

Wed, 02 May 2007 11:35:54 -0500

they ought to the same on the strip of Greenpoint by Newton creek where there are the oil depots...100 years ago it there was a beach there...today there are blocks of underused factories...Mikey are you listening?