Red Hook Containerport to Stay
The Port Authority is likely to approve a 10-year lease renewal with American Stevedoring Inc. at the Red Hook port, according to an article in today’s Daily News, which means the city’s controversial plans to build housing and a marina on the waterfront are officially dead. City and state support for the new development on…
The Port Authority is likely to approve a 10-year lease renewal with American Stevedoring Inc. at the Red Hook port, according to an article in today’s
Daily News, which means the city’s controversial plans to build housing and a marina on the waterfront are officially dead. City and state support for the new development on the Red Hook waterfront, which was supposed to include a beer garden and a hotel, has dwindled over the past several months. A spokesperson for Gov. Spitzer said “the governor supports a long-term deal on the port to insure the future of maritime activity…shipping is good for the city and job growth is good for the city.”
Red Hook Port Deal Shipshape [NY Daily News]
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Red Hook? Charm?
I do not think that words means what you think it means.
What does the container port have to do with Red Hook? There is still plenty of room for development. And besides the container port should be looking for space in Sunset Park so it can eventually move where it belongs.
I would just like to see the city do something that actually helps Red Hook for once instead screwing things up again and again.
it will remain as it is but with the addition of the ikea which will change a lot in a negative way. it used to be a sleepy little area that had charm but it is about to get run over by loads of traffic on the weekends.
Had it made the conversion to much more residential this may have been ok, it would have been very different but there would be an overall increased vibrancy. Now there will just be traffic. It’s a shame actually. With some better planning Red Hook could have been something really nice.
10.39 – I absolutely agree. Barbara doesn’t commute to work so she cluelessly equated Red Hook with Williamsburg without taking into account the most important factor.
thankfully, the hook will remain as it is.
Red Hook was NEVER EVER going to happen as a residential neighborhood as long as is it remains essentially cut off from mass transit.
Not withstanding Barbara Corcoran’s predictions, it was obvious to anyone who understands how NYC works.
Now if the politicians can stand up to the NIMBY’s like the Juniper Park Civic Association maybe we can actually get the cross-harbor rail tunnel (which has been promised for 80 years) and NYC-LI can finally stop relying exclusively on polluting and expensive truck freight.
NYC Harbor is a tremendous natural resource and it would be a shame to turn it all into residential
jobs instead of luxury condos? crazy.
It’s a shame.
F*ck you Carcetti!
-Nicky Sobotka