The proposed Atlantic Yards project that would move the Nets from New Jersey to Brooklyn earned a court victory Thursday when a lawsuit by community activists was rejected.

The suit charged that the Empire State Development Corp.'s environmental review of the site was inadequate.

The Nets hope to break ground by mid-2009 and move into their 18,000-seat Barclays Center in 2011.

"This project has been reviewed as thoroughly as any in the city, and now it is time to put these cases behind us and get to work," owner Bruce Ratner said in a statement.