Complex Underground Work Paves Way for Barclays Arena
Best Airports/Transit: Infrastructure Improvements to Barclays Center
While visitors to Brooklyn's 18,000-seat Barclays Center can't help but notice the structure's weathered steel exterior, they are likely to miss a major portion of what made the multipurpose arena possible—the extensive underground infrastructure network. The complexity of this $150-million infrastructure project is the result of its location over a Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) yard and several subway lines, and within a densely populated neighborhood.