Jesse Serwer writes in the Brooklyn Skyline: "The Coney Island Nets? Councilwoman Letitia James thinks Coney Island is a better
place for developer Bruce Ratner’s proposed 19,000-seat Nets arena rather
than the Prospect Heights neighborhood he’s looking to take over by
eminent domain.
"’Coney Island has plenty of public
transportation,’ said James, whose Fort Greene-based 35th Council
District includes the swath of Prospect Heights where nearly 1,000 residents
and workers could be displaced if Ratner gets the approval needed to build Brooklyn
Atlantic Yards, a commercial/residential development that would include the
arena."