Shelter from the Storm in Sunset Park: Flood-proofing Industry City and the Brooklyn Army Terminal
Five years after Superstorm Sandy, the city is moving forward with its plan to repair extensive flood damage at the Brooklyn Army Terminal and Industry City (once called Bush Terminal) in Sunset Park, and make the waterfront sites more resilient in the face of future storms.
Symbols of Sunset Park’s industrial rehabilitation, the transformed warehouse complexes are now home to emerging and established design, media, artisanal and technology firms. But the sites suffered millions of dollars in damages from Sandy, and, according to New York City’s Panel on Climate Change, the odds of future flooding are only increasing.
As part of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s One New York plan to make the city more resilient (initiated under former Mayor Michael Bloomberg), the city has chosen Dewberry, a 2,000-plus employee private firm, to provide design resiliency services.