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January 11, 2012
100 Most Powerless New Yorkers
A 'power list' for the rest of us
The Village Voice
by Steven Thrasher
87. Car-owners in Fort Greene
It's not easy to park a car anywhere in New York, but it has gotten especially difficult in Fort Greene. Once the Barclay's Center opens next fall at Atlantic Yards with a mere 1,100 parking spots to accommodate its 19,000-seat capacity, expect streets in Spike Lee's home 'hood to become gridlocked with cars looking for nonexistent parking spaces during some 200 planned events a year. A plan to grant street-parking permits for residents is considered dead on arrival in Albany.
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Attention car owners endlessly circling the block for an open space in Fort Greene: you are in good company.
Unfortunately, come September when the Barclays Center is scheduled to open, things are only going to get worse. And there's little, if anything, that you can do about it, according to a list published in this week's Village Voice.
Posted by eric at January 11, 2012 11:26 AM