Are Pier 6 towers inevitable? City says yes
Brooklyn Bridge Park to vote on tweaked plan on Tuesday
Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation (BBPC) says it will vote this Tuesday on a revised plan to develop two residential towers in the park at Pier 6.
The city released the tweaked plan on Wednesday. It lowers the number of affordable rental units (from 117 to 100), decreases the number of market-rate condos (from 131 to 126), and increases the number of market-rate rental units (from 30 to 40).
The city’s announcement that it will proceed with its Pier 6 push comes despite the May 18 decision by the state-controlled Empire State Development Corp. (ESD) to not approve — for now — Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to allow affordable housing at the site.