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December 21, 2011
Residents Brace for Barclays Center Traffic With Concern and Trepidation
The Brooklyn Ink
by Cristabelle Tumola
Atlantic and Fourth Avenues in Brooklyn have at least two things in common.
First, both are among the most dangerous roads for pedestrians in downstate New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, according to a 2010 report released by the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, a non-profit organization committed to reducing car dependency.
Second, both streets bound the Atlantic Yards project, the future home of the Barclays Center and the New Jersey (soon to be Brooklyn) Nets. That has made the streets the subject of still more ills, among them clogged traffic, illegal parking and noise. And that is only since the arena construction began in March 2010. Local residents fear much worse after the arena opens in September 2012.
They have plenty reason for concern.
Posted by eric at December 21, 2011 11:50 AM