As work begins at B15 site, a very tight fit along Sixth Avenue

It looks fairly benign, the outline at right (from the 3/5/19 developer presentation at the Atlantic Yards Quality of Life meeting) of the traffic constriction outside the B15 site, known as 664 Pacific Street (or perhaps 662 Pacific Street), where preliminary construction work for a residential tower (with a school) is beginning.

On closer inspection though, it shows, at the top, two very narrow lanes along Sixth Avenue, which borders the arena block, notably the completed 38 Sixth Avenue tower, plus a pathway toward the back of the Barclays Center.

A constricted Sixth Avenue

The upshot, as shown in the video below and photo at left, is that any complication--like, say, a vehicle standing outside 38 Sixth--causes drivers to swerve into the other lane. That didn't cause any significant problem, at least as shown in the video (and the other one below).

But one could imagine that a larger challenge, such as a bus waiting during an arena event, could pose significant complications.

Beyond that, construction of a very large building (18 Sixth) at the B4 site--just north of 38 Sixth (in the foreground of the photo at left, were it extended) and the northeast corner of the arena block--is expected to begin construction in a few months.

That also will require MPT (maintenance and protection of traffic) that constricts one or more streets. Surely a piece of Atlantic Avenue will constricted. But if Sixth Avenue is also constricted at the west outside the B4 site, then from the east shortly down the block outside the B15 site, that sets up some future traffic swerves.

The New York Police Department's 78th Precinct, by the way, is just down Sixth Avenue at Bergen Street. Perhaps they will take a look.



Looking west on Pacific Street, toward Sixth Avenue, 38 Sixth, and the arena

The previous prediction for completion was Q4 2018; now 2021 at earliest

Looking east at mid-block Sixth Avenue entrance

Another video looking south on Sixth Avenue