Chapter 13: Transit and Pedestrians A. INTRODUCTION
Chapter 13: Transit and Pedestrians A. INTRODUCTION This chapter describes the transit and pedestrian travel characteristics and potential impacts associated with the proposed Atlantic Yards Arena and Redevelopment project located on an approximately 22-acre site in the Atlantic Terminal area of Brooklyn, roughly bounded by Flatbush and 4th Avenues on the west, Vanderbilt Avenue on the east, Atlantic Avenue on the north, and Dean and Pacific Streets on the south (see Figure 12-5 in Chapter 12, “Traffic and Parking”). As described in detail in earlier chapters of this environmental impact statement (EIS), in addition to an approximately 850,000 gross-square-foot (gsf) arena for use by the Nets professional basketball team and for other sporting, entertainment, and cultural events, it is anticipated that the proposed project would include residential, office, hotel, and retail uses, eight acres of publicly accessible open space, approximately 3,670 parking spaces, and an improved Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) rail yard. (As discussed in Chapter 1, the development program for the proposed project has been reduced from the program that was analyzed in the DEIS.) Also included would be internal circulation improvements at the Atlantic Avenue/Pacific Street subway station complex, and a major new on-site entrance to the complex adjacent to the arena. In addition to the arena, a total of 16 other buildings would be constructed on the eight blocks comprising the project site. These buildings are referred to as Site 5 and Buildings 1 through 15. The proposed project is expected to benefit from its location in an area with one of the densest concentrations of transit services in the City.
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