What formerly housed a rental car storage lot will become the southern end of the new park. It will entail the construction of a synthetic turf multipurpose field for soccer, football, lacrosse, field hockey and other sports, and will be funded by the city at a cost of $7.1 million. The projected completion date is winter 2010.
Construction on the park's second phase will begin early next year and is expected to open in summer 2011 at a cost of $22.6 million. This will create public waterfront access, a playground and a new sustainable building that will include both public space and Parks Department offices, according to a release.
The new building will be powered by solar energy from photovoltaic cells in a shade structure on the roof. The sloping green roof will connect the soccer field area with a hilltop recreational space and playground.
In a release, Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the new park "will be the latest, but not the last, new park we're bringing to this part of Brooklyn." When completed, Bushwick Inlet Park, along with adjacent East River State Park and several public esplanades in residential developments to the south and north, will create contiguous open space along the waterfront, adds Bloomberg.
Currently in the latter stages of the city's Uniform Land Use Review Procedure is a contextual rezoning of Greenpoint and Williamsburg that would cover 175 blocks not included in the '05 rezoning.
According to the Department of City Planning, the new rezoning is intended to preserve neighborhood character and scale by limiting the height of new development, to create opportunities and incentives for affordable housing through inclusionary zoning and to support local retail corridors while protecting the residential character of nearby side streets. The City Planning Commission endorsed the rezoning at its July 1 meeting, and the plan now awaits a vote by the City Council.
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Paul Bubny
Paul Bubny is managing editor of Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com. He has been reporting on business since 1988 and on commercial real estate since 2007. He is based at ALM Real Estate Media Group's offices in New York City.
