Brooklyn Marine Terminal

The Brooklyn Marine Terminal project is a massive plan to reconfigure Brooklyn’s last working waterfront, replacing portions of the port with thousands of housing units as well as new industrial and commercial space. As currently conceived in the EDC’s BMT Vision Plan, Columbia Street Waterfront (CSW) is the neighborhood most directly impacted by the project, both during construction and after completion. The project’s Container and Flex Terminal, BMT North, and a portion of the Atlantic Basin are immediately adjacent to CSW. These districts account for all of the port activities and the majority of the housing units in the project. Further, because this project is located on one side by the water and another by Brooklyn Bridge Park, impacts of the project like traffic and residential displacement patterns will be felt even more by CSW than they would if the project was surrounded by other neighborhoods that could absorb those impacts.

CSWA’s BMT page provides updates on the latest developments on this hugely impactful project as well as links to resources, alternate plans, and educational material. As this is the most important development to affect our community since Robert Moses cut our neighborhood off from the rest of Brooklyn with the BQE trench, we urge everyone to learn as much about this project as possible.

BMT Resources:

BMT Development Corporation 
EDC Brooklyn Marine Terminal website
The City Club of New York:
Comments on Scope of Work: Brooklyn Marine Terminal
A Blue Highway Hub at BMT