LAWSUIT
ments — which also include a tower
at 40 Crown St. —would cast harmful
shadows onto the nearby Brooklyn
Botanic Garden, although the garden
itself disputes those claims.
After the hearing, Boyd cheered
the decision, saying it was a necessary
step towards making sure the
restraining order was not broken.
“We know these developers have
been very slimy and slick with their
interpretation of our temporary restraining
order,” she said. “The moment
you allow them to start doing
little things, they stretch the envelope.”
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Lawyers for the developers
slammed the activists for delaying
the project, which includes 140 units
of so-called “affordable” housing.
“They’re preventing people from
moving into these homes, it’s really
a tragedy,” said Richard Lobel, an attorney
for Carroll Development.
Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo
(D—Crown Heights) — who was instrumental
in approving the developer’s
rezoning application — boasted
of negotiating a “miracle deal” with
the applicants that resulted in a signifi
cant increase in the amount of affordable
housing included in the project.
However, a subsequent Brooklyn
Paper investigation revealed that the
city was unable to produce any verifi -
able evidence of the deal’s existence.
Continued from page 1
BQX
voiced their support for the project,
saying it’s a long walk to the nearest
subway station at Smith and Ninth
streets, which is only accessible via
a set of long stairs.
“You have to walk all those stairs,
most of the time the escalator’s broke.
How does that help seniors? With the
BQX, the seniors can step right on,”
said Frances Brown, head of the tenants
association for Red Hook East, a
NYCHA housing complex.
Brown is on the board of directors
of the BQX’s advocacy group, Friends
of the BQX, which also boasts a host
of business and real estate bigwigs,
such as developer Jed Walentas of
Two Trees, who is in the process of
erecting skyscraper’s near the proposed
route along the Williamsburg
waterfront.
Red Hook marks a special case
because DOT officials previously
studied a streetcar from there to
Borough Hall, funded by a $300,000
federal grant secured by local Congresswoman
Nydia Velázquez in
2010.
Offi cials concluded that the
shorter trolley wouldn’t make sense
because it would be too expensive
to build and operate and not draw
enough riders.
The city will hold one more Brooklyn
workshop in Williamsburg’s
Bushwick Inlet Park on March 3, and
plans to complete an environmental
impact study on the project by fall
of 2021, but they don’t expect to start
building until 2024 and fi nish by 2029
— eight years after de Blasio leaves
offi ce.
Continued from page 1
Alicia Boyd and MTOPP members after the court hearing. Photo by Ben Verde
Red Hook residents check out information about the BQX. Photo by Kevin Duggan
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