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June 25, 2012
Hey, Wait a Second...
The Ballclub
I was knocking around Brooklyn a few weeks ago when I chanced upon this service advisory and did a double take.
So, the MTA wouldn't call the 7 train stop "Willets Point - Citi Field," but they have no problem re-naming the Atlantic Avenue stop in Brooklyn to "Atlantic Avenue - Barclays Center."
Back in 2009, I believe the MTA refused to re-name the Shea Stadium stop to Citi Field because they wouldn't give a station a corporate name. After some sleuthing, I found that Bruce Ratner, the man responsible for the Barclays Center and also the displacement of innumerable people through Eminent Domain for his Atlantic Yards Project that is currently still a hole in the ground, threw $200,000 a year for 20 years at the MTA in order to make this change.
So, I suppose, a station name can be bought for the right price.
NoLandGrab: Well, we're still calling it Atlantic Av-Pacific St.
Posted by eric at June 25, 2012 10:47 AM