
Neither, according to FCR's latest formulation. A reader directed me to another dubious statement on AtlanticYards.com web site:
Located at the intersection of Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues, bounded by Pacific and Dean Streets and Vanderbilt Avenue, and primarily situated over the MTA/LIRRās Vanderbilt rail yards.
The formulation is repeated:
The Atlantic Yards development will be built primarily over the Long Island Rail Road's Vanderbilt Rail Yards.
The dictionary defines primarily:
1 : for the most part : CHIEFLY
2 : in the first place : ORIGINALLY

Yes, this formulation is less of a fib than the claim that the project would be built over the railyards. A more accurate description would be that the railyards represent a plurality of the project footprint, meaning a larger area than any other plot of land but still less than half. But there's no adverbial form in the dictionary and it would be a tongue-twister anyway.
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