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We've always wanted a Big Brother named Bruce, or, better yet, a Big Brother named Ratner, but not so much when we're lurching toward Flatbush Avenue looking for a train after watching Amos Lee perform at Freddy's Backroom.

While some of the cameras are positioned outside vacant buildings, others are installed at buildings still occupied by tenants or facing properties the developer wants to obtain through eminent domain.

If you live in the footprint of Atlantic Yards, Bruce Ratner wants to watch you worry.

Arena Critics Slam Cams [NYP]

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