The Williamsburg and Greenpoint rezoning, initiated 20 years ago, has drastically altered the northern Brooklyn waterfront from an industrial area to a more developed urban landscape. Key benefits included the introduction of green spaces and parks; however, the increase in residents led to challenges, including rising rents and a lack of affordable housing. While some promised parks have been completed, significant portions, such as the 27-acre promenade, remain unfinished, reflecting a mixed legacy of growth and displacement in the community.
You look at a place like North Brooklyn, which has had a lot of increased green space since the rezoning, but the amount of residents has also increased dramatically.
As of right now about a third of the total acreage has been completed. We're super excited that a third parcel at the northernmost tip around the Bushwick Inlet itself, that should be open quite soon, as early as this September.
None of this existed. This was desolate, prostitution, crime, gangs, drugs.
I would have fought to get the affordable homeownership. There's nothing like owning your home.
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