Posted Sep 14, 2012, 2:37 AM
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http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/re...arclays-subway-station-article-1.1159087
First look at the $76 million Barclays Center subway station
A new station where Flatbush meets Atlantic in downtown Brooklyn will connect subway travelers on nine lines to the Barclays Center.
The wide ascent to the arena from the station provides a grand moment, giving fans a bold vision of Brooklyn's progress and future.
By Jason Sheftell
September 13, 2012
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Life is about moments. So is New York City. The first time you see a doorman in a top hat and tails in front of the Plaza Hotel. When you lay eyes on the Statue of Liberty. Every time you take the Long Island Expressway to the Midtown Tunnel and the skyline opens up before you. Yankee Stadium. Landing at LaGuardia.
There’s a new one. Opening this Monday at 8 a.m., subway travelers on nine lines will be able to walk up the stairs of a new station where Flatbush meets Atlantic in downtown Brooklyn and see the rusted metal oculus of Barclays Center spread before them like a moment in a science-fiction film. It’s as grand as Lincoln Center, as Brooklyn as the Boys of Summer, and as New York as a skyscraper.
It cost $76 million. No, it’s not paved in gold. But not a cent of it came from taxpayers’ pockets. Forest City Ratner Companies (FCRC), the developer of the arena, the housing around it, MetroTech and Atlantic Center Mall, agreed to pay for the station as part of financing in return for the air rights from the MTA above the arena’s plaza, where one day a world-class commercial building could stand. Originally budgeted at $29 million, the commitment by FCRC extended beyond financial obligations.
“In comparison to building the subway station, the arena was a piece of cake,” says Robert Sanna, FCRC’s long-term head of construction, who built the skyscraper New York by Gehry and the company’s other major New York City projects. “The hole we had to build for this station is 35 feet deep, 100 feet wide on one side and 125 feet wide on the other. Imagine a giant piece of pizza jammed into the ground. We made 138 repairs to existing tunnel members down there and all kinds of old wiring and concrete. It took us two years to do this. It was the single most complex job I have ever worked on.”
At its heart is convenience. “Mass transit is the centerpiece of the entire development,” says MaryAnne Gilmartin, FCRC’s executive vice president of development. “We committed to infrastructure improvements as part of the real estate deal. The new entrance is the key component to making this arena work. Under no circumstances do we want anyone driving to the arena, ever.”
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Mayor Bloomberg discusses today’s Board of Health vote and announces Barclays Center, new home of the Brooklyn Nets, will be the first major venue to voluntarily adopt city’s new sugary beverage policy with Chairman and CEO of Forest City Ratner Bruce Ratner, Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Gibbs and Health Commissioner Farley.
September 13, 2012 (Photo Credit: Spencer T Tucker)
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