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.
The ESD comment period is part of a process that would allow modifications to the park’s General Project Plan (GPP).