Hearing on Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6 towers on Thursday
Controversial issue expected to draw large crowd
A public hearing on the proposed 31- and 15-story residential towers at Pier 6 in Brooklyn Bridge Park will be held this Thursday, July 30 from 6 to 9 p.m. at St. Francis College, Founders Hall, 180 Remsen Street.
The addition of the two towers has galvanized intense opposition from groups including the Brooklyn Heights Association, who say the project has not been proven necessary to support the park financially.
The city is making a major push to build the towers, one of which will include affordable housing, an issue of paramount importance to Mayor Bill de Blasio. The chair of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corp. (BBPC) is Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen, a former Goldman Sachs executive charged with carrying out de Blasio’s affordable housing mandate.