Regional Plan Association


	Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway Draft plan for Community Boards 2 & 6 (pdf 8.2M)		The Brooklyn waterfront is one of New York City's and the region's major assets, an area with a growing potential to meet a range of regional and community needs. RPA believes that securing public access all along the waterfront must be at the heart of all these waterfront revitalization programs - both to provide recreational opportunities for an area starved of open spaces but also to ensure that the benefits of a rebuilt waterfront accrue to upland neighborhoods and properties. To realize this goal, RPA has joined forces with the community-based Brooklyn Greenway Initiative to establish a continuous 18 mile waterfront greenway from Newtown Creek to the existing Shore Parkway Greenway in Bay Ridge. When it is complete, the greenway will be a series of continuous landscaped pathways for pedestrians, skaters, and cyclists. It will provide a safe, off-street passage for friends and families to get to the waterfront; a feeder route for Brooklyn Bridge Park and other neighborhood open spaces and waterfront destinations. Ultimately, this waterfront greenspace will be a regional amenity attracting millions of visitors and enhancing the quality of life for the entire city. A Draft Plan for Community Boards 2 and 6 The draft plan developed by Regional Plan Association (RPA) and Brooklyn Greenway Initiative (BGI) with the support of the Department of State's Local Waterfront Revitalization Program and sponsored by the Brooklyn Borough President's office focuses on the portion of the greenway in coomunity Boards 2 and 6. The plan has been developed with input from a Technical Advisory Committee which includes city and state agencies, elected officials, consultants and other official stakeholders. The members of the Technical Advisory Committee are listed on the final page of this report. A number of private foundations have also contributed to this effort. The development of this plan was advanced by a public workshop on November 9, 2004 at St. Frances College in Downtown Brooklyn. Click the arrow above to watch footage from RPA and BGI's 2004 greenway workshop, where citizens from Community Boards 2 and 6 came together to help plan their communities' stretch of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway.