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As of 5/14/24, this blogpost covers dramatic changes. The City is taking over the Port Authority piers south of Brooklyn Bridge Park to Red Hook’s Wolcott Street. The NYC EDC began managing all of the property in June 2023 (the had rented and managed the part south of the containerport as of 2005 for the creation of the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal). The NYC EDC is also running the replanning process. The property is still owned by the Port Authority.
As of 5/14/24, this blogpost covers dramatic changes. The Port Authority and the City are doing a property swap, and all the port waterfront property south of Brooklyn Bridge Park to Red Hook’s Wolcott Street is going to be planned and controlled by the NYC EDC.
Recap of PortSide’s 2023 impact on public policy, education, and historic preservation! And the year’s not over! There are December milestones and news in here!
Concerned about truck traffic resulting from ecommerce warehouses being built near you? Thinking that moving that stuff by water instead of truck could help? Trying to understand how maritime freight works? Confused by maritime jargon? This page is for you.
Get the update on our business plan! An innovative, forward-looking maritime center in Red Hook, Brooklyn!
After seven months of PortSide programs with PS 676 in Red Hook, Brooklyn, this K-5 school has decided to become a maritime STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) school—the FIRST public elementary school in Brooklyn with a maritime focus! Here’s how this came to be, with info about PortSide programs with PS 676 and how students and community benefit. At the bottom is a list of ways you can support and get involved.
UPS wants to tear down the former foundry building with ties to Red Hook’s proud maritime past. But the needs of the future can be accommodated without obliterating all of the past.
Get your testimony ready! Two big waterfront items being discussed at the NYC City Council, Wednesday, 4/17/19. Creating a new Office of the Waterfront? Creating a new Director of Ferries and moving NYC Ferry control from the NYC EDC to the NYC DOT?