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Bracing for Hurricane Barclays

George Aiken, 55, washes the windows of a store on Flatbush Avenue. Credit- Victor J. Blue for The New York Times As the sun sets over the Barclays Center arena, a new era is about to begin. The developer says that the 16 towers planned around the arena – almost all residential – will eventually be built in two phases, and the project goals of “Jobs, Housing, Hoops” will be fulfilled. Credit: Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

As the sun sets over the Barclays Center arena, a new era is about to begin. The developer says that the 16 towers planned around the arena – almost all residential – will eventually be built in two phases, and the project goals of “Jobs, Housing, Hoops” will be fulfilled. Credit: Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

As the sun sets over the Barclays Center arena, a new era is about to begin. The developer says that the 16 towers planned around the arena – almost all residential – will eventually be built in two phases, and the project goals of “Jobs, Housing, Hoops” will be fulfilled. Credit: Victor J. Blue for The New York Times