After only one season in Brooklyn, the New York Islanders are considering a move out of the Barclays Center to a prospective new arena in Queens, according to a report Thursday by Bloomberg News.

The report claims the Islanders are in discussions with the New York Mets about building a new arena in Willets Point, next door to the Mets' home Citi Field, if the Barclays Center is unable to make facility improvements which would address hockey-specific problems at the arena.

The franchise moved into the Barclays Center in September 2015 after playing a handful of preseason games in the venue, shared with NBA's Brooklyn Nets, and quickly found themselves defending criticisms from fans and players. Some seats in the arena, which holds fewer than 16,000 for hockey, have obstructed views preventing fans from seeing both nets. Players have also voiced concern over ice quality.

Former team owner Charles Wang signed a 25-year lease with the Barclays Center in 2012. Wang sold the team to Jonathan Ledecky and Scott Malkin in 2014, but retained majority ownership until three weeks ago, when Ledecky and Malkin took over.

This past February The New York Post reported the new ownership group was already looking into ways to get out of Brooklyn.

"I don't think either side ever believed the full lease would be honoured," the Post quoted an anonymous source as saying. "I just didn't think we'd be talking about this the first year in."

A year ago, plans to build a million-square-foot shopping mall on part of Citi Field's parking lot turned down because the land is only designated for use as a stadium. The development group behind the failed project included New York Mets majority owner, Fred Wilpon, and the team's president, Saul Katz.

The lot sits on the former grounds of Shea Stadium, demolished in 2008. The neighbourhood is also home to the National Tennis Center where the U.S. Open is played.