Brooklyn as Construction Site: Building a Controversial City

The ongoing state of construction throughout Brooklyn is not only producing more buildings, but noise complaints, safety concerns, and many unhappy residents.

In a story in the New York Times examining real estate development-related stresses and complaints, three of four projects covered are in Brooklyn: an affordable housing addition to the Sunset Park Library (pictured above), the Pierhouse complex in Brooklyn Bridge Park, and the ongoing development at the former Long Island College Hospital.

All are among Brooklyn’s most controversial developments as well. The story didn’t reveal news about the projects but drew attention to what a major issue development has become for Brooklynites.

Can Brooklyn continue to grow without large projects like these? Are they inherent to this great city’s need to constantly change? Can community concerns about size, place, and process be taken into account, while creating tomorrow’s New York?

[Source: NYT | Rendering: via Fifth Avenue Committee]

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