Add another obstacle to the Bloomberg administration’s plans to remake Coney Island: a parking lot.
Despite many an overture to election officials in southern Brooklyn, the administration has been unable to get anyone in Albany to carry a bill “alienating,” or declassifying, as parkland a large parking lot for the KeySpan Park baseball stadium, a measure that is central to the city’s plans. And the clock is ticking: The legislative session wraps June 22.
Albany legislators are resistant to act on the Bloomberg administration’s plan before the city reaches a deal with Joe Sitt, the major landowner in the amusement area, who has been sparring with city officials for more than two years now.
