Wow! The pictures of the proposed greenway along 14 miles of Brooklyn waterfront are pretty darn exciting. Included in a new article by Metropolis magazine, the pictures show bike paths and plantings running through such currently forgotten zones as Flushing Avenue, Navy Street (shown, before and after) and the Carroll Gardens waterfront. As planned, the Greenway will stretch from Sunset Park to Greenpoint and will include a 7-foot bike lane, a 10-foot pedestrian path and six feet of landscaping. “I’d venture to say that it is one of the quality of life amenities for this generation,” says Brian McCormick, who formed the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative in 1998. “Brooklyn has the lowest per capita of space in the city. People don’t have opportunities to relive stress or to exercise. We’re creating one of the greatest opportunities to do that.”
Greenscaping Brooklyn’s Waterfront [Metropolis]
Planning Photos [Brooklyn Greenway]