The barren and neglected Bush Terminal Piers in Sunset Park are going to be getting a $36 million, government-funded tune-up. Located on the waterfront between 43rd and 51st streets, the site was a working port for much of the last century until becoming a dumping ground for oil, debris and wastewater in, you guessed it, the 1970s. The plan for the 21st century? Ball fields, nature preserves, a fishing pier, restaurants. The list goes on. The state is paying about half the freight $17.8 million, with the city and the feds roughly splitting the remainder.
Funds Slated for Waterfront Clean-Up [Crain's]
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