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Downtown Brooklyn is one of the most congested areas in the entire city and many fear it will only get worse when the new Barclays Center opens its doors next September.

Forest City Ratner, the developer of the Atlantic Yards project, has hired traffic engineer Sam Schwartz to develop a plan to keep traffic moving, but he warned at a Tuesday meeting there is only so much he can do.

"I'm not going to pretend that suddenly people are going to stop speeding through this intersection. However, there are a number of things being done to alleviate impacts but b get as many people in the transit system as possible," he said.

Over the next few months, several changes will be made to area streets, with completely new traffic patterns in spots.

Schwartz said the real key will be convincing those who come to the arena to take mass transit. So the plan calls for only one new parking lot with 1,100 spaces.

However, those plans were not enough for some who live nearby.

One question that was answered dealt with residential parking, and concerns that arena-goers will will take up many of the precious free parking spots on the street.

A Department of Transportation spokesman said the agency is looking into the possibility of residential permit parking.

"My overall fear is that opportunities are being missed, that Forest City Ratner is driving the process, rather than New York City DOT," said a local.

"This plan, as a result and a reaction to the introduction of the arena, is going to modify existing traffic problems in a very detrimental way," said another.

Forest City Ratner said more traffic mitigation plans will be unveiled in the coming months.

With construction said to be on schedule, the Nets' new arena is slated to open in September 2012.