Huge gantry cranes loading a container ship at the Brooklyn Marine Terminal in 2021.
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Just in time for Climate Week NYC, elected officials announced on Monday new federal funding to revitalize the waterfront Brooklyn Marine Terminal (BMT).
U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman said the city received a whopping $163.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to fund the project, which advocates say would ultimately result in fewer trucks on city streets and less emissions in the air.
In May, the NYC Economic Development Corporation gained control of the waterfront BMT in Red Hook from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in an agreement that also gave the agency full ownership of the Howland Hook Marine Terminal on Staten Island.
Goldman said the grant is another milestone in transforming the waterfront area, helping the environment and spurring economic growth.
“While the Brooklyn Marine Terminal had been mired in decades of inertia, we have entered a new era with this long overdue federal funding,” he said. “This infusion will allow our city to fully enhance the economic growth and health of the Brooklyn Marine Terminal, while taking into account the public health and climate goals of surrounding communities. The future is here, and it’s looking bright for Brooklyn.”
The revitalization of the BMT will also help create a working waterfront and modern maritime infrastructure, elected officials noted.
“By building a better Brooklyn Marine Terminal, we’re building a better future for Brooklyn and the whole region,” added state Sen. Andrew Gounardes. “This federal funding will help make up for years of disinvestment of the piers and allow us to invest in a modernized terminal that can sustainably handle freight deliveries, reduce emissions, expand economic opportunity and create new jobs.”
Goldman added that the funding — part of the country’s Mega Grant program — is an “
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