A Tunnel Grows in Brooklyn: How an Innovative Portal Structure Minimized Impacts on Bustling Atlantic Avenue and Long Island Rail Road Operations in NYC

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.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784480403.030
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2017 American Society of Civil Engineers.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

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  Reston, VA  United States  20191-4400
• Authors:
  • Lerner, Stuart
  • So, Pak Ki
• Conference:
  • Structures Congress 2017
  • Location: Denver Colorado, United States
  • Date: 2017-4-6 to 2017-4-8
• Publication Date: 2017

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Monograph Title: Structures Congress 2017: Bridges and Transportation Structures

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airspace utilization; Case studies; Framed structures; Innovation; Railroad commuter service; Railroad tunnels; Railroad vehicle operations
• Identifier Terms: Atlantic Avenue (New York, New York); Long Island Rail Road
• Uncontrolled Terms: Portal frames
• Geographic Terms: Brooklyn (New York, New York)
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01687450
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780784480403
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: Nov 30 2018 5:04PM