New Sewer Mains, Belgian Blocks for Dumbo
Times might be tight, but the city’s still going ahead with a $20 million project that will install new sewer mains under certain streets in Dumbo and resurface the dug-up stretches with the kind of belgian blocks that help define the historic nature of the neighborhood. The two-year project is slated to begin in the…
Times might be tight, but the city’s still going ahead with a $20 million project that will install new sewer mains under certain streets in Dumbo and resurface the dug-up stretches with the kind of belgian blocks that help define the historic nature of the neighborhood. The two-year project is slated to begin in the spring, reports The Brooklyn Paper, and will focus on Water Street between Old Fulton and Adams Streets as well as Washington Street between York and Plymouth.
City to Cobble Together DUMBO Streets [Brooklyn Paper]
This is a great idea.
There is not enough loud traffic rumbling noises in Dumbo.
How about Pearl Street?
Removal, storage and re-installation of the short line railroad tracks is included in the scope of work.
Robert Perris, District Manager
Community Board 2
What does this mean about the surviving sections of rails from the old dock railway tracks? If reinstalled properly as part of the larger project, they can help recall the area’s fading sense of its working past, while eliminating the road hassles caused by their current condition. Problem is, they may disappear completely during the work if nobody keeps an eye on them and on the contractors.
It should be part of the project scope and LPC/SHPO review of the project (as the Belgian block should be too), but does anybody know for sure?
Back in the late 90’s I was looking to buy a place out there. I was told that the sewer system was a mess and local residents have been having a very hard time getting the city to address the issue.
Based on that fact, I did not buy in the area.