Six decades after Walter O'Malley proposed building a stadium for his Brooklyn Dodgers at the intersection of Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues a sports arena sits nearly in the same spot. Denied a replacement for Ebbets Field, O'Malley followed population shifts and moved to Los Angeles, which worked out pretty well.
The NHL's New York Islanders and NBA's Brooklyn Nets have followed a new shift back to Brooklyn, to Barclays Center. The Islanders, forced out of Nassau Coliseum when politics and money got in the way of renovating or replacing the rundown arena, are still settling in during the first season of a 25-year lease.