That's not even remotely representative of the general climate for development in the area, and wasn't one of the projects I was talking about. That was a huge and high profile project to reshape the busiest street and transit hub in a borough of 2.5 million people involving the relocation of a pro sports franchise, building over railroad tracks, etc.

It was bound to be complicated, and it's worth noting that it got built anyways. I've lived walking distance from the neighborhood in question for 17 years, and that project has nothing to do with a developer wanting to put up a regular old high rise rental apartment building or three, which seems to happen nearly daily around here. The Fulton/Flatbush corridors have been transformed literally in a matter of months.

Brooklyn had four different tallest buildings in 2016, and all were residential [1]. Pacific Park is an outlier.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_B...

Pacific Park has been a uniquely challenging and contentious project. It's an extreme outlier.