NEW YORK CITY-Feeding off the momentum from Cornell University and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology’s new Roosevelt Island campus plan, Brooklyn community officials are calling for a similar deal to come to the borough. Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and State Senator Daniel Squadron rallied in support for a new applied science campus at 370 Jay St., the long-vacant home of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Wednesday morning.

Standing outside the 13-story building, Markowitz urged the city to consider New York University’s and Polytechnic Institute’s proposal to create a center for urban science within the underutilized building, as well as Carnegie Mellon’s plan to develop a school on the grounds of the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

“With Cornell’s announcement behind us, let’s now look ahead to the new year and make the case that New York deserves more than one first-rate applied sciences school,” Markowitz said, in a statement after the ceremony. “Both locations offer a unique opportunity to create a job-creating epicenter of learning, research and innovation. I normally don’t celebrate Brooklyn being a runner-up in anything, but considering the importance of this center to the future of the borough and New York City, in this case I would happily make an exception.”