Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about “Atlantic Yards”

There were supposed to be 400 indoor bike parking spaces at the Barclays Center. It was another broken promise. Photo:

Another Atlantic Yards Broken Promise: There is No Indoor Bike Parking that Bruce Ratner Vowed to Build

By Norman Oder | Jul 21, 2019 | 10 Comments

Developers of Atlantic Yards are breaking their decade-plus-old promise to provide ample and indoor bike parking for two-wheeling ticket holders headed to the Barclays Center.

A DOT rendering from the second phase of the Atlantic Avenue rebuild shows bike lanes along the median. Image: DOT

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Op-Ed: The Atlantic Avenue Rebuild Is Taking Too Long

By David Herman | Jun 24, 2019 | 11 Comments

The next chapter of the Department of Transportation’s long-awaited rebuild of Atlantic Avenue — one of the city’s deadliest corridors — won’t likely start until 2021.

Atlantic Yards Could Become Much Less Car-Centric

By Stephen Miller | Apr 29, 2014 | 24 Comments

Off-street parking for the Atlantic Yards project, which sits near one of the world’s great confluences of transit lines, was once projected to include space for as many as 3,670 cars. Now the number of parking spots could get chopped down to 2,876 or, in one scenario, a significantly less car-centric 1,200, according to a […]

Barclays Center Opening Weekend Traffic: Not a Total Disaster

By Stephen Miller | Oct 1, 2012 | 10 Comments

Many residents and elected leaders from the neighborhoods near the Barclays Center in Prospect Heights are letting out a sigh of relief after steeling for gridlock this weekend. Sellout crowds for the arena’s first events — three Jay-Z concerts — did not completely overwhelm nearby neighborhoods with traffic, but the strain on local streets was still clear. […]

DOT Study Rejects Residential Parking Permits For Stadium Neighborhoods

By Noah Kazis | Jul 13, 2012 | 12 Comments

The Department of Transportation has rejected neighborhood demands to implement residential parking permits around the Barclays Center and Yankee Stadium, according to a DOT report released last Friday. DOT cited the availability of on-street parking spaces during Yankee games, the large number of non-residents parking on the street for purposes other than visiting the stadium, […]

More Trains, But No Free MetroCards or RPP in Barclays Center Plan

By Noah Kazis | May 23, 2012 | 9 Comments

The MTA will be adding extra transit service on Barclays Center game nights. But past promises of free or discounted MetroCards for arena-goers did not materialize in the transportation demand management plan revealed yesterday by developer Forest City Ratner, which local advocates are calling “too little, too late.” Under the plan to reduce the number of people […]

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