A View From the Hook has a recap of the EDC’s presentation last week to the Columbia Waterfront Neighborhood Association about the city’s new plans for the Red Hook waterfront, which were first unveiled late last year. The rejiggered designs replaced grander schemes to install hotels, restaurants and other new developments on the waterfront, plans that died after the Red Hook Container Port was allowed to keep its space. The city said last week that it intends to run a ferry from the waterfront to Governor’s Island (although this aspect of the plan was announced in January, it was absent from the EDC’s presentation to the community in May) and let Water Taxi use Atlantic Basin to moor its boats. The blogger writes that there was significant concern among meeting attendees about the city’s plans for Pier 11 because it’s feared that its lease to beer distributor Phoenix Beverages will bring heavy truck traffic and, thus, congestion and pollution to the neighborhood. Another point of contention, according to the writeup, is that the EDC is sounding iffy on plans to ensure public access at Atlantic Basin. The EDC’s timetable for all this stuff is unclear.
Future of Red Hook and Columbia Street Waterfront [A View From the Hook]
Rejuggling of Plans for Red Hook Waterfront [Brownstoner]
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