New report suggests Pier 6 tower project could present construction challenges
Brooklyn Bridge Park Community Advisory Council Hears Report from CUNY Professor on Possible Soil and Foundation Issues
A new wrinkle appeared in the decade-long battle between neighborhood associations and the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation over the construction of two residential towers in Brooklyn Heights’ Pier 6 as the Brooklyn Bridge Park Community Advisory Council hosted CUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus of biomedical and mechanical engineering Sheldon Weinbaum to discuss potential problems in the soil beneath the proposed structures.
Weinbaum pointed out that he lives at 1 Brooklyn Bridge Park, next to the proposed building site.
“When I first learned [of the towers’ proposed location] I was alarmed,” Weinbaum told the council. Citing construction of the nearby Brooklyn Bridge, which also failed to reach bedrock to support its towers and using instead a caisson containing 3,000 tons of concrete, he continued: “I knew the bedrock must be very deep in this area.”