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Apr 4, 2017
A Tunnel Grows in Brooklyn: How an Innovative Portal Structure Minimized Impacts on Bustling Atlantic Avenue and Long Island Rail Road Operations in NYC
Publication: Structures Congress 2017
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The Long Island Railroad (LIRR) is typically either the busiest or second busiest commuter railroad in North America, bringing hundreds of thousands of Long Island and Queens residents into Manhattan and Brooklyn on a daily basis. When the Forest City Ratner Companies (FCRC) proposed to develop a new arena (Barclay’s Center) in Brooklyn so as to move the New Jersey Nets basketball team to Brooklyn, they evaluated several sites and settled on the developing the air rights over the 10 track depressed LIRR rail yard adjacent to their terminal station under Atlantic Ave in downtown Brooklyn. It was after all the first chance in more than a generation to bring a professional sports team back to this borough of approximately 2.6 million people since the Dodgers left in 1957.
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Structures Congress 2017
Pages: 353 - 369
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© 2017 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 4, 2017
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Stantec, 50 West 23rd St., New York, NY 10010. E-mail: [email protected]
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