Lions and Tigers and Unicyclists, Oh My!
The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is in town at Brooklyn's Barclay's Center this week. With it comes tigers, clowns, death-defying acrobatics -- and quite a bit of music. The composer...
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Atlantic Avenue Station in Brooklyn Renamed "Atlantic Avenue - Barclays...
Atlantic Avenue gets some new signs (photo taken on 5/17/12 by Kamicia Bass/WNYC)Opening season for the Brooklyn Nets is four months away, but signs are already going up in the Atlantic Avenue station...
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Parking Slashed By Half In Plan For Barclays Center In Downtown Brooklyn
Consultant Sam Schwartz presents his traffic management plan for the Barclays Center at a public hearing in downtown Brooklyn. (Jim O'Grady/WNYC)(New York, NY - WNYC) Don't even think of driving to the...
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Parking Woes Still Dog New Brooklyn Arena
Dean Street in Brooklyn, the site of future Barclays Center parking lot. (Janet Babin/WNYC)(Janet Babin -- New York, NY, WNYC) Residents concerned about traffic and congestion around the new...
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Controversial Atlantic Avenue "Coffins" Now Being Removed in Brooklyn
(photo by Andrea Bernstein)(UPDATED WITH MTA INFORMATION) The imposing concrete bollards surrounding Brooklyn's Atlantic Terminal station are coming down.The so-called "coffins" appeared without...
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For Barbra, I'll Take the Subway -- Brooklyn's Barclays Center Passes Second...
What do Jay-Z fans and Barbara Streisand fans have in common? They both take mass transit.Long orderly lines of flamboyant ladies in finery stretched from subway steps to the flickering marquis of...
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Barclays Center Subway Stop: Mornings, It's Totally Dead
When the NY MTA agreed to sell the Atlantic Yards to Forest City Ratner to build the Barclays Arena and some 17 other buildings, the authority's board waxed enthusiastic about how the city was getting...
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Basketball Arena Spurs LIRR Ridership Spike
Barclays Center (photo by Kate Hinds)The Brooklyn Nets may have been humbled by the Miami Heat Wednesday night, but their transit stop has never been better.The NY MTA says Long Island Railroad...
View ArticleICYMI: Off-Beat Business
You’ve see the headlines, read the front pages and checked out the business section. But In Case You Missed It, here are a few, under-the-radar business stories you might have overlooked.Study Finds...
View ArticleFall’s Hot Ticket: Brooklyn Nets Season Tickets
The Big Apple’s basketball scene has long been dominated by the Knicks at Madison Square Garden. But this year they're getting competition for the hearts and dollars of New York City basketball fans...
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Decades Later, Brooklyn Has Its Own Pro Team Again
WNYC's Jim O'Grady was at the opening of the Barclays Center and spoke with WNYC's Amy Eddings about the space and the expected impact of the arena for Brooklyn. Listen above.Officials have formally...
View ArticleBarclays Draws Crowds, Protesters to Downtown Brooklyn
An epic exodus, it wasn't.Throngs of people descended on Downtown Brooklyn for opening night of the Barclays Center on Friday – but for the most part, by late evening, the choking traffic and transit...
View ArticleNets Win First Game at Barclays Center
The Nets won their first game in the team's new $1 billion Brooklyn home against the Washington Wizards on Monday night. The Brooklyn Nets eked out a 98-88 victory over the Wizards. They play...
View ArticleSandy Derails Nets Season Opener
It was expected to be the match to launch the rivalry. The NY Knicks vs. The Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center Thursday night. Instead, Mayor Michael Bloomberg urged that the game be delayed, and the...
View ArticleThe Rivalry Begins: The NY Knicks Face-Off Against the Brooklyn Nets
Brooklyn’s newest hometown team, the Nets, will host the city’s storied New York Knicks at their new home in the Barclays Center Monday night.While many Brooklynites have mixed feelings about the new...
View ArticleRivalry Begins as the Nets Defeat the Knicks in Overtime
One of Sandy's less devastating effects was the postponement of the Knicks-Nets highly anticipated season opener November 1 at the Nets new Barclay's Center home.Almost a month later, with New York on...
View ArticleText: Bloomberg's Final State of the City Address
The following is the text of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s 2013 State of the City address as prepared for delivery at Barclays Center. “Thank you, Marty – and happy 36th birthday to you, too. Speaker...
View ArticleBarclays Developer Gains a Foothold on Long Island with Nassau Coliseum Project
A major developer is taking the reigns at Nassau Coliseum.An affiliate of Forest City Enterprises, best known as the developer of Barclays Center in Brooklyn, beat out the owner of Madison Square...
View ArticleThe Nets Aren't Winning, But Their Stadium Sure Rocks
Many older sports venues in and around New York City have struggled to keep pace with the latest developments in digital devices and social media, but not Brooklyn's Barclays Center. Widely considered...
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City Sells BK to DNC for 2016
A youth marching band and dancers in red sequins performed outside the Barclays Center Monday morning as elected leaders and de Blasio administration officials showed off the venue and the borough's...
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