Red Hook: Louis Valentino Pier
Louis Valentino Pier is part of what will ultimately become the Brooklyn Greenway. It’s a quiet refuge that attracts both old school fisherman and young couples in search of romance. One of my favorite things to do these past Fall and Winter months is to grab a coffee or hot cider and head out to…
Louis Valentino Pier is part of what will ultimately become the Brooklyn Greenway. It’s a quiet refuge that attracts both old school fisherman and young couples in search of romance. One of my favorite things to do these past Fall and Winter months is to grab a coffee or hot cider and head out to the Pier to watch the sun set over New York Bay. The pier is also home to a public boat launch and come summer one can make good use of it for kayaking or canoeing.
actually the brooklyn greenway is very much a reality. it is in fact included in the plans of the columbia street redevelopment project, which is already underway. as the website points out, the greenway will be built gradually, segment-by-segment. the greenway is also included in the brooklyn bridge park master plan. both of these projects have considerable funding. clearly anon 6:57 has an interest in not having the greenway built. why don’t you participate in a constructive way and explain your motive for trying to belittle the brooklyn greenway project. I for one am very excited about it because I love the water and the greenway would reconnect brooklyn residents to the water.
I’m not bitter. I think the person who keeps basically saying that anyone who believes the greenway is going to happen is tilting at windmills is bitter about *something*–but what I don’t know. And I think you’re somehow confusing my posts with theirs. I do live in Red Hook, though. I’m not a renter or bitter and the info that I use comes from staying on top of the local coverage in the Brooklyn Papers, the NYT, et al, and going to Community Board Meetings that are open to the public. And from all of those it would seem that the greenway is viable and something the city is working to make happen–whether it actually does or not, well I suppose that remains to be seen.
Combustiblegirl
The Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway is a mayoral priority. Me thinks combustiblegirl is just a bitter renter in Red Hook. You must live in the neighborhood seeing how you have so much inside info.
I don’t know that 6.6 mil is enough or not enough–that’s my point. Anon puts forth like s/he does irrefutably know that this isn’t possible but without being able to say planning and execution would cost approx $X per mile or any other kind of concrete information and frankly I am genuinely curious to hear from someone who could actually map out what would be needed to get this completed. It’s definitley more than a “rumor.”
By the way, if you think saying someone lacks sufficient financial backing is “unnecessarily nasty” (?!) please take a look at the other thread where the boosters are using obscene language to criticize a post they don’t agree with.
Sorry my mistake. It’s just a blog. Rumors are much better than facts anyway.
Hey combustibegirl,
How do you know 6mil isn’t enough? Are you a road builder or something?
I think you’re splitting hairs honestly and taking an uneccessarily nasty tack in the process. These are photo essays by laypeople on a blog and Brownstoner and the people submitting these essays have made no claims otherwise. This isn’t reportage in a national media outlet. And your points, while well taken, don’t mean it’s a given the greenway won’t happen either. Yes the greenway has been on the boards for over ten years but it hasn’t gone away either. The Brooklyn Bridge Park has been under discussion even longer as I understand it and it seems that it is finally getting underway.
Well, the photos are great, but the facts that accompany them are very questionable. To ascert that a greenway will be constructed, as the caption reads, is far from the truth. The truth is that some people have proposed it and some funds have been earmarked. Neighborhood boosterism is great, but you shouldn’t let your excitement about a neighborhood allow you to play fast and loose with the facts.