Barclays ' opening comes after nine years of legal struggles between the developer , Forest City Ratner .
What is often called Brownstone Brooklyn , the polyglot mix of residents who populate the borough 's rebounding neighborhoods from Dumbo to Bed - Stuy .
Barclays ' opening comes after nine years of legal struggles between the developer , Forest City Ratner , and what is often called Brownstone Brooklyn , the polyglot mix of residents who populate the borough 's rebounding neighborhoods from Dumbo to Bed - Stuy .