Development Funds Flow into Sunset Park
The Bush Terminal, a 130,000-square-foot site in Sunset Park, is slated to receive a $10 million grant for redevelopment from the Restore New York initiative. The $10 million comes from a larger pot, $153.6 million that was granted to 79 projects statewide by Empire State Development. This is the third group of grants doled out…
The Bush Terminal, a 130,000-square-foot site in Sunset Park, is slated to receive a $10 million grant for redevelopment from the Restore New York initiative. The $10 million comes from a larger pot, $153.6 million that was granted to 79 projects statewide by Empire State Development. This is the third group of grants doled out by the program, which intends to revitalize urban areas by attracting residents and businesses. The city will use the new funds for demolition, asbestos removal, utility upgrades, and new construction at the Bush Terminal, reports the Brooklyn Eagle. The city will also approach private sector businesses as partners in redevelopment or as owner-operators at the site.
Bush Terminal to Receive $10M for Construction [Brooklyn Eagle]
Photo by Bridge and Tunnel Club
There are no residents in the area, unless you count the federal prison. It is in the middle of a huge industrial area. This development may not sell trinkets for consumers but it will provide much needed jobs to the Sunset Park community.
the development is to make job space, space for industrial users to occupy
that property shown is privately owned and not subject to the program city-owned stuff a few blocks south of there
bush terminal in ‘two pieces’
city part and industry city part
Does anyone have a sense what kind of development this will mean — better, newer industrial or something more commercial that would actually benefit residents of the area?