Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6 public comment deadline is Monday
ESD facing major decision
The deadline for the public to comment to the Empire State Development Corp. (ESD) on the proposed Pier 6 development in Brooklyn Bridge Park is Monday, Aug. 31, at 5 p.m.
The board of the ESD will have a major decision on their hands. While the city says two high-rise towers at the park’s Atlantic Avenue entrance are financially necessary and provide a spot for affordable housing, opponents – including neighborhood organizations, officials and local residents — have presented a nearly solid wall of opposition.
At a recent five-and-a-half-hour hearing hosted by ESD in Brooklyn Heights in July, every elected official representing the area, along with civic groups like the Brooklyn Heights Association, stood up against the plan.