#waterfront-redevelopment

#waterfront-redevelopment

COLUMBIA STREET WATERFRONT DISTRICT - The City Club of New York trustee Tom Fox introduced on Tuesday a new to redevelop the 122-acre "all-maritime" proposal Brooklyn Marine Terminal situated on an industrial waterfront site stretching from Atlantic Avenue to Red Hook on the East River. Fox, co-founder of New York Water Taxi, the precursor to NYC Ferry Service, has numerous civic credits to his name, including spearheading the creation of the Brooklyn-Queens Greenway and co-founding the original Brooklyn Bridge Park Coalition.

"The vision is we want to create new access, new openings, to this amazing scene here where you see the Monterey fishing boats," said Eric Young with the Port of San Francisco. "This is the history and the heart of Fisherman's Wharf. We want the public to be able to see that from Taylor and Jefferson Street, which is really the heart of Fisherman's Wharf."

The delay is a blow to the administration of Mayor Eric Adams, who announced the project next to Governor Kathy Hochul last spring, and a victory for the local politicians and residents who wanted to send the project back to the drawing board.