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May 8, 2012
Welcome to Brookyn’s Barclays Center: (practically) NO PARKING
Meadowlands Matters [NorthJersey.com]
by John Brennan
Sage advice for Jerseyites (and everyone else) from the Bergen Record's sagacious John Brennan.
Good news or bad news?
The word understandably is being welcomed in the neighborhoods surrounding the Nets’ $1 billion arena, as residents fear nightmarish traffic on game nights – which would regularly occur at least twice a week from November until April. The site is the most “urban” in the NBA, in terms of the number of residents who live within a couple of full-court heaves from the arena.
But it’s just another reason for me to push North Jersey Nets fans even harder to give up on the idea of driving to Brooklyn for a game (especially on a weeknight). My compromise idea in the article, since North Jerseyans do love their cars, is to drive to Secaucus Junction and park there. Then take any of numerous trains to New York Penn Station (hey, that’s Madison Square Garden! Too bad the Knicks are always sold out) then the 2 or the 3 subway line to the arena (about a 22-minute ride).
From north and west, Secaucus is about as far as you’ll get with decent hopes of avoiding major traffic on the way.
Posted by eric at May 8, 2012 12:50 PM