Panel: Can NYC pull off a climate-resilient Brooklyn Marine Terminal?

BROOKLYN — THE CITY CLUB OF NEW YORK is presenting a panel discussion regarding the odds of the city “pulling off” a climate-resilient Brooklyn Marine Terminal. The event takes place via Zoom on Wednesday, March 12 at 6:30 p.m.

The nonprofit organization says that plans for the 122-acre site along the Red Hook/Columbia Street Waterfront District “are proceeding with little regard for the vulnerabilities of waterfront development in the face of climate change.” Topics will include questions of sea level rise and flash floods, and the area’s overburdened energy grid and sewage systems.

This is part two of a three-part discussion series. Part one, entitled, “Brooklyn Marine Terminal planning is ‘missing the boat,’” concluded that the city’s planning process for the mega-development was rapidly losing public trust.

Panelists include moderator Carter Craft, planner and senior economic officer at the Consulate General of the Netherlands; Gita Nandan, architect and founder of the Resilient Red Hook Committee; geophysicist Klaus Jacob, climate expert with Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; and Walter Meyer, professor at The New School’s Parsons School of Design, with expertise in resiliency plans. Register at cityclubny.org/comingevents

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