Port Authority Hands Over Piers to BB Park
Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Pataki ceremoniously announced the transfer of piers 1, 2, 3 and part of 5 from the Port Authority to Brooklyn Bridge Park yesterday. “Brooklyn Bridge Park will be the lynchpin of an exciting new harbor district, a re-imagined Governors Island and the new East River Esplanade in Lower Manhattan. They will…
Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Pataki ceremoniously announced the transfer of piers 1, 2, 3 and part of 5 from the Port Authority to Brooklyn Bridge Park yesterday. “Brooklyn Bridge Park will be the lynchpin of an exciting new harbor district, a re-imagined Governors Island and the new East River Esplanade in Lower Manhattan. They will join Brooklyn Bridge Park as magnates drawing New Yorkers and visitors from around the world,” said the mayor. Supposedly the park will be the first new major park since Prospect Park was built 135 years ago.
Piers Transferred to Park Agency [NY Times]
Plans Continue for BB Park [NY1]
That I don’t know but I couldn’t imagine the PA doing doing this any differently.
theres an extensive video of the governer, mayor and our marty mark talking about the plans for the Brooklyn waterfront here on the nyc.gov site. Very informative and if they pull it could be quite a transformation.
http://www.nyc.gov
BX2Bklyn — I was the commenter about whether there was a need for any state law. I guess I should have been more clear — does anyone know if the grant to the Port Authority had any restrictions on its use? I know in at least one other grant to the Port Authority, the law transferring land prohibited conveyance of the lands to any party other than back to the State.
forgot to add- they are a state agency headed by the governor, not subject to review by the assembly.
They can. As an agency it’s pretty autonomous.
I’m cobblestoner cause I live on a cobble stone street – yuk yuk
Question for the hard core NYCEDC types out there — Does the Port Authority have the power to hand over the park to the City without a state law authorizing the specific transfer? Wouldn’t the land (including the wharfage) revert back to the state?
okay cobblestoner, if live in Cobble Hill and you don’t know where piers 1-6 are, I’m yanking your moniker:)
Are these the piers by the promenade or further down towards the cruise ship terminal? Or am I thinking of the wrong area?