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Boy, 16, dies in fall from tower in Brooklyn park, after climbing it to take photos

A 16-year-old boy died after falling from a defunct lighting tower in Brooklyn's Bushwick Inlet Park.

Opinion: It's Time to Finish Bushwick Inlet Park

Without committing to finishing the park, a mayoral approval of Monitor Point sends a clear message: the city will continue to collect on private development while deferring its public obligations.

NYC real estate

Brooklyn

fromBrooklyn Eagle

1 month ago

An improvement district for Bushwick Inlet Park

North Brooklyn parks lack reliable funding and services compared to BID areas, prompting formation of a Northside Improvement District to secure long-term maintenance.

fromGothamist

2 months ago

A 600-foot waterfront apartment complex is Brooklyn's latest housing fight

The real estate developer Gotham Organization plans to lease land owned by the MTA and construct a 1,150-unit apartment complex on Quay Street, with buildings reaching 600 feet tall - among the highest in the neighborhood - across a narrow estuary from the long-stalled Bushwick Inlet Park. The 28-acre greenspace was a centerpiece of the sweeping land use plan that transformed Greenpoint and neighboring Williamsburg, but remains years from completion amid legal battles over cleanup of the toxins left behind by fossil fuel companies.

New York City

NYC real estate

fromBrownstoner

8 months ago

Locals Split Over Mixed-Use Development Proposed for MTA Greenpoint Waterfront Site

Monitor Point is a proposed mixed-use development near Bushwick Inlet Park facing mixed community reactions before formal rezoning begins.