Destroying Promenade could mean end of unique Brooklyn Heights
Chuck Otey's Pro Bono Barrister
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Brooklyn Heights residents — and thousands of others, including lawyers, judges and clerks from the nearby court system — must have been shocked to learn that city planners are devising a plan to demolish the beautiful, iconic Promenade and replace it with a six-lane highway.
Speaking to a very upset audience last week, DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg explained that due to deterioration under the Promenade there were only two options — an eight-year plan or a six-year plan, each in its own way devastating to Brooklyn Heights and the adjacent areas.