Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about “Atlantic Yards”

Bad News: Forest City Breaks Bike Parking Vow; Good News: Less Car Parking

By Noah Kazis | May 4, 2012 | 19 Comments

When Brooklyn’s Barclays Center opens with a Jay-Z concert this September, it will be one of the most transit-accessible arenas in the United States. But as Streetsblog has noted before, the transportation planning for the stadium is excessively car-oriented. Developer Forest City Ratner had been planning to build an 1,100-space surface parking lot, marring the pedestrian […]

Barclays Center Mysteries: Three Big Unknowns About Arena Transportation

By Norman Oder | Apr 4, 2012 | 10 Comments

In less than six months, toward the end of September, the Barclays Center will open and throngs of visitors will descend on the streets of Prospect Heights and nearby Brooklyn neighborhoods. While numerous concerts and sports events have already been booked, the transportation picture remains fuzzy even this close to opening day. Three big unknowns: […]

How to Make Your Own Free Parking Near the Atlantic Yards Site

By Ben Fried | Jan 6, 2012 | 8 Comments

Via Norman Oder at Atlantic Yards Report, here’s a variety of parking scofflaw that we’ve never come across before on Streetsblog. In the video, an early morning car commuter, presumably someone working on the nearby Barclays Center arena project, apparently decides that the last parking space on this block of Pacific Street (between Sixth Avenue […]

Nets Fans Get No Assist From Atlantic Yards’ Shrinking Sidewalks

By Brad Aaron | Aug 30, 2011 | 5 Comments

Public comments on the Ratner bollard plan will be accepted through September 22. See Veconi’s post for more info and links to numerous relevant docs.

Can Brooklyn Build a Pedestrian-Friendly Arena at the Atlantic Yards Site?

By Noah Kazis | Jun 15, 2011 | 39 Comments

Ready or not, come September 28, 2012, Brooklyn will once again be home to a major professional sports venue. The Barclays Center at Atlantic Yards is scheduled to open by next fall, while progress on the rest of Forest City Ratner’s mega-development is lagging far behind. In the words of local City Council Member Letitia […]

Ratner Arena Will Include 400 Satanic Bike Parking Spots

By Ben Fried | Apr 5, 2011 | 13 Comments

Well, this doesn’t make up for the eminent domain abuse, inexcusable subsidies-slash-dealmaking, crappy urban design and extensive surface parking acreage, but the Wall Street Journal’s Jason Gay reminds us that the Brooklyn basketball arena financed by Bruce Ratner, Mikhail Prokhorov, and the taxpayers of New York State will include 400 bike parking spaces. Gay’s report […]

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