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September 24, 2012

Will Barclays Center wreck surrounding Brooklyn neighborhoods?

Crain's NY Business

The arena at the centerpiece of the Atlantic Yards project opens Friday with a series of Jay-Z concerts, and more superstar performers and the Brooklyn Nets will arrive in the coming weeks. Since the Barclays Center was proposed in 2003, critics have been predicting that traffic, noise and drinking by patrons will destroy the quality of life nearby. Supporters say people will quickly realize that it’s easier to take mass transit than to drive and find parking, and that drinkers will have no reason to wander through the neighborhoods.

Will Barclays Center bring chaos to Brooklyn?

Yes. Up to 19,000 visitors more than 200 times a year will mean mayhem on the streets.
No. Ample mass transit and limited parking will deter drivers. The arena will be phenomenal.

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Posted by eric at September 24, 2012 8:29 PM