Brooklyn Bridge Park Plans Doomed?
The DEC is calling the current iteration of Brooklyn Bridge Park plans unacceptable, according to an article in today’s Post, which is almost certainly going to mean further delays for the two-decades-in-the-making project and send its budget soaring. The DEC says the plan, which calls for 12 acres of waterfront being set aside for water…
The DEC is calling the current iteration of Brooklyn Bridge Park plans unacceptable, according to an article in today’s Post, which is almost certainly going to mean further delays for the two-decades-in-the-making project and send its budget soaring. The DEC says the plan, which calls for 12 acres of waterfront being set aside for water sports uses and a marina, may harm marine life and the agency won’t issue a permit for the massive overhaul. Even without a redesign, Brooklyn Bridge Park costs are expected to be at least double the $150 million now budgeted for the project, according to Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe. BBP foe Judi Francis says she’s not shocked by the news. “This plan has been bungled for so long that we shouldn’t be surprised that what this park is being promoted as – a park for beginning boaters – is in peril,” said Francis.
B’klyn Row a No-Go [NY Post]
Brooklyn Bridge Park: It’s a Go! [Brownstoner]
Drawing of plans for piers 2 and 3 from BBP Conservancy.
marina is costing an enormous about of money. at the expense of other things
It is a mistake to make a park down here at all. This land should be sold to the highest bidder and developed for tax-generating purposes. We cannot take care of the parks we already have. Only a private developer will be able to untangle the regs and strictures of the site and actually create something worth having. The governemnt is hopeless at this as evidenced at every turn so far in the saga of this fiasco-boondoggle.
yes, but they want to take away land area from park use and give it to private use in order to subsidize the marina
Take a closer look at the plans. The Marina is actually all in the water and takes up minimal land area. It’s not like it’s a choice between green space and a marina. It’s a choice between a Marina and open water. So the marina is not “undemocratic” because it’s not really taking land that would otherwise be used by the many and designating it for the few, it’s taking land that would otherwise not be used at all and providing a service for the few that will also activate the park and also add to the maritime feel of the park, which is one of it’s main features.
Prospect Park is used all year and is 95% green space. BBP has an ice rink and other all-season areas. Dump the marina!
Anyone know the source of the pics in that article? They’re much more detailed than anything I’ve seen before.
11:07… OK, the parts that are, then. Parking lot in Sheep Meadow, anyone? No? But it’s cold out and nobody’s there! Long Meadow in Prospect Park–totally useless most of the time. New York could use another airport–seems like a good spot for one!
How about forcing Elizabeth Stribling to live there while it is all a big parking lot-desolate warehouse wasteland.
If you think Cantral Park is nothing but green space you are mentally damaged.