Greenpoint to get new waterfront park
Levin calls negotiations ‘difficult’
A major development project in Greenpoint will bring a new waterfront park as well as 200 units of affordable housing to that northern Brooklyn community, according to Councilman Stephen Levin, who negotiated with the city and the property developer to secure the amenities.
The City Council voted late last month to approve the development known as 77 Commercial Street, a project that calls for the construction of two high-rise commercial and residential buildings – one 40 stories high and another 30 stories high – on the Greenpoint waterfront.
But Levin (D-Greenpoint-Williamsburg) called the process leading up to the council vote “very difficult, lengthy, and arduous.”