CB2 To Vote Tonight on Dock Street
Community Board 2’s land use committee failed by one vote to approve the mixed-use development in Dumbo known as Dock Street when it met last month. Since then, the opposition has held a protest (at right) to call attention to how the 18-story project would block views from and of the Brooklyn Bridge and the…
Community Board 2’s land use committee failed by one vote to approve the mixed-use development in Dumbo known as Dock Street when it met last month. Since then, the opposition has held a protest (at right) to call attention to how the 18-story project would block views from and of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Brooklyn Paper has written an article in which it says views wouldn’t be that obstructed by proposed building after all. Now, tonight, the full board of Community Board 2 will convene for a final vote on the project, which includes roughly 400 apartments (20% of which would be affordable) and a public middle school. And even though its decision carries no legal weight (merely advisory), breaths are bated on both sides. Jed Walentas even wrote a letter to the board earlier this week that included this rendering intended to address the criticism that Dock Street would be as big a blight on the Brooklyn side of the bridge as the Verizon building is on the Manhattan side. Regardless of the outcome of tonight’s vote, the matter will work its way through the ULURP food chain, from borough president to City Planning to City Council to the Mayor. Update: Opposition group Save the Brooklyn Bridge just posted this rendering of how it thinks the proposed development would impact views of the bridge.
CB2 Says Dock Street Design is “Too Tall” [Brooklyn Paper]
Dock Street Moves Forward — Second Vote on Saturday [Brooklyn Paper]
Full House, No Vote at Dock Street Hearing [Brownstoner] GMAP
How Does Dock Street Stack Up? [Brownstoner]
The Next Step for Dock Street [Brownstoner]
DOE: It’s Time to Examine Dock Street [Brownstoner]
Two Trees Plans Mixed Use Building Next to Bridge [Brownstoner]
Dock Street Plans (Marina and All) Go 3D [Brownstoner]
Dock Street Protesters: 20% There on Signatures [Brownstoner]
Protest photo from DumboNYC
The only reason people oppose this building is because their views will be blocked by it. Period. NIMBYism at its finest.
ROb – nice job hijacking this thread. Anyone with any sense knows that NYC is a pretty big place. Plenty of space for those who want to live out their “edgey” lives unencumbered by the moral obligation to protect the delicate sensibilities of children. And plenty of space for breeders who want to ensure that, above all else, their kids grow up in a safe environment. As a matter of fact – those two camps are not mutually exclusive as most people start out in one and eventually move into the other (and some even move back into the first one again, eventually).
yeah i sorta do dave. i can relate more to those kids than the influx of little madisons and mccalaighs who infest nyc these days.
*rob*
And you respond to kids who call your dog “fag”!!!!!!????????
diversity my butt. where do these people even send their kids to school? (be honest.) most have no intentions in creating a true diverse atmospher. they send their little crotchfruits to completely homogenous sterile suburban-lite private schools. okay so im a little irked today. gonna take a break from posting for a bit to relax.
*rob*
I am not pretending NYC is kumbaya (sp?) land, but I do find much greater tolerance here than outside the city for many, many groups. And many of my friends openly admit they choose to live here because of that.
And yes, we’ve all had insults hurled at us. You sound a bit irked today.
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I have kids and they go to summer camp in RI. When the kids from the suburbs call others “gay” as an insult, my kids call them out on it. I think of that as a benefit of growing up in the city and learning tolerance of others that are different from you.
and ill call YOU right back out on that. i cant tell you how many times i was called “g@y” and even my dog was called a “f@g” YES, by KIDS in upper manhattan who obviously grew up in the city. your point is totally moot.
*rob*
count me in as local who is very PRO dock street! and yes, I’ve seen and studied renderings by both two trees and opposition.
No *rob* it will mean that only wealthy families who can afford to send their kids to private school will have the opportunity to live in Brooklyn and allow their children to get an education at a school without metal detectors.
I’m all for this development – as opposed to most developers, the Walentases actually seem to give a crap about the community and not just making a quick buck.