Five (more) important takeaways from Brooklyn Heights Assn’s annual meeting
Another successful Brooklyn Heights Association (BHA) annual meeting took place Monday, and the big news was that a panel of experts cast doubts on the proposed BQX (Brooklyn Queens Connector). The BHA also gave out community service awards to the neighborhood’s deserving movers and shakers.
Some important news items may have escaped the notice of those scrolling the headlines, however, and they may be of interest to Brooklyn residents.
1. BHA continues to press its case fighting a two-tower development on Pier 6 in Brooklyn Bridge Park, BHA President Patrick Killackey said. “We recently received affirmation of our most fundamental [legal] arguments.”
Killackey was referring to property valuations released by the city’s Finance Department last month which show that two residential towers planned for Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6 may not be not financially necessary. The city’s new valuations show that private high-end developments already built in the waterfront park will bring in much more money than the park corporation projected, BHA says — rendering the Pier 6 project unwarranted.