Red Hook Community Reconstruction

Conceptual Plan Needs and Opportunities Assessment October 2013 This document was developed by the Red Hook Planning Committee as part of the New York Rising Community Reconstruction (NYRCR) Program within the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery. The NYRCR Program is supported by NYS Homes and Community Renewal, NYS Department of State, and NYS Department of Transportation. Assistance was provided by the following consulting firms: HR&A Advisors, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Cooper, Robertson, & Partners, W Architecture, OpenPlans, and Hammes Company. All photographs were taken by the planning team unless otherwise noted. Foreword

The New York Rising Community Reconstruction (NYRCR) Program was established by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to provide additional rebuilding and revitalization assistance to communities damaged by Superstorm Sandy, Hurricane Irene, and Tropical Storm Lee. This program empowers communities to prepare locally-driven recovery plans to identify innovative reconstruction projects and other needed actions to allow each community not only to survive, but also to thrive in an era when natural risks will become increasingly common.

The NYRCR Program is managed by the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery in conjunction with New York State Homes and Community Renewal and the Department of State. The NYRCR Program consists of both planning and implementation phases, to assist communities in making informed recovery decisions.

The development of this conceptual plan is the result of innumerable hours of effort from volunteer planning committee members, members of the public, municipal employees, elected officials, state employees, and planning consultants. Across the state, over 102 communities are working together to build back better and stronger.

This conceptual plan is a snapshot of the current thoughts of the community and planning committee. The plans will evolve as communities analyze the risk to their assets, their needs and opportunities, the potential costs and benefits of projects and actions, and their priorities. As projects are more fully defined, the potential impact on neighboring municipalities or the region as a whole may lead to further modifications.

In the months ahead, communities will develop ways to implement additional strategies for economic revitalization, human services, housing, infrastructure, natural and cultural resources, and the community’s capacity to implement changes.

Implementation of the proposed projects and actions found in this conceptual plan is subject to applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Inclusion of a project or action in this conceptual plan does not guarantee that a particular project or action will be eligible for Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funding. Proposed projects or actions may be eligible for other state or federal funding, or could be accomplished with municipal, nonprofit or private investment.

Each NYRCR Community will continue to engage the public as they develop a final plan for community reconstruction. Events will be held to receive feedback on the conceptual plan, to provide an understanding of risk to assets, and to gather additional ideas for strategies, projects and actions.

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Find out more at: StormRecovery.ny.gov/Community-Reconstruction-Program Red Hook Conceptual Plan Contents I. Introduction—2 New York Rising Community Reconstruction Program 2 Approach to Public Outreach 4 II. Community Context—6 Geographic Scope 6 Community Overview 6 III. Storm Impacts and Risks—8 Summary of Storm Impacts 8 Recovering from the Storm 8 Future Risk 10 IV. Rebuilding and Resiliency Planning—12 Process Overview 12 Community Assets 13 Needs and Opportunities 20 V. Additional Considerations—28 Regional Perspectives 28 Existing Plans, Studies, and Projects 28 VI. Next Steps & Implementation Planning—29 Next Steps 29 Implementation Planning 29 VII. Appendix - Existing Plans—30

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I. Introduction 3. Identify, Evaluate, and Prioritize Projects planning, economic development and housing New York Rising Community and Actions analysis) and Parsons Brinckerhoff (planning, Reconstruction Program 4. Identify Funding Sources and Develop an coastal protection, infrastructure engineering, and Implementation Plan natural/coastal management). They are being The New York Rising Community 5. Create Final Community Reconstruction supported by Cooper Robertson Partners (urban Reconstruction (NYRCR) Program was Plan design), W Architecture and Landscape Architecture established to provide additional rebuilding (landscape architecture), OpenPlans (participatory and revitalization assistance to communities The plan will focus on needs, opportunities, and mapping), and Hammes Company (healthcare). By severely damaged by Superstorm Sandy, projects that address six recovery functions: the end of the planning process, two deliverables Hurricane Irene, and Tropical Storm Lee. It will Community Planning and Capacity Building, will have been produced for public review: enable communities to identify reconstruction and Housing, Economic, Health and Social Services, resiliency projects that address current damage, Infrastructure Systems, and Natural and Cultural Conceptual Plan - Needs and Opportunities future threats and the communities’ economic Resources. Assessment (this document) opportunities. In connection with the program, the ▪▪ Community Context State has allocated funds for community planning in Each NYRCR community is led by a Planning ▪▪ Storm Impacts and Risk 50 communities across the State, 10 of which are Committee made up of community leaders, in New York City. businesses, and residents. The Planning Committee ▪▪ Rebuilding and Resiliency Planning is taking the lead in developing the content of the ▪▪ Additional Considerations: Regional New York State has allocated up to $3 million plan. Red Hook’s Planning Committee consists Perspectives and Existing Plans to Red Hook in Community Development of: Gita Nandan (Co-Chair), Ian Marvy (Co-Chair), Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Adam Armstrong, Carolina Salguero, Dannelle Final Community Reconstruction Plan, Spring funding from the US Department of Housing Johnson, Elizabeth Demetriou, Dorothy Shields, 2014 - This document will include more in-depth and Urban Development (HUD). These funds can Florence Neal, John Bowie, Jim Tampakis, John discussion of the above, as well as: be used for a wide variety of short-and long-term McGettrick, Julia Rhodes-Davis, Mickey Reid, Mike recovery and resiliency projects, and Red Hook will DiMarino, and Victoria Hagman. Overview be eligible to receive additional project funding from ▪▪ Geographic Scope of Plan federal, state, and local sources. The State has also provided each NYRCR ▪▪ Description of Storm Damage As shown in the opposite page, this planning community with a planning team to help ▪▪ Critical Issues process will include 5 steps: prepare a plan. The New York State planning team includes: Regional Leads Chelsea Muller and ▪▪ Community Vision 1. Identify Assets, Risks, Needs and Alex Zablocki; NYC Lead Planner Steve Ridler; Opportunities ▪▪ Relationship to Regional Plans and Red Hook Community Planners DeGaetano 2. DefineCommunity Vision and Bonnie Devine. Leading the state team is HR&A Advisors (project management, community

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Implementation Schedule Assessment of Risk and Needs Reconstruction Strategies ▪▪ Schedule of Implementation Actions ▪▪ Community Assets Appendices ▪▪ Community Planning and Capacity ▪▪ Assessment of Risk to Assets Building ▪▪ List of Planning Committee Members ▪▪ Assessment of Risk to Systems ▪▪ Economic Development ▪▪ Description of Public Engagement Process ▪▪ Assessment of Needs and Opportunities ▪▪ Health and Social Services ▪▪ Description of Priority Projects and their ▪▪ Housing Costs and Benefits ▪▪ Infrastructure ▪▪ Inventory of Assets ▪▪ Natural and Cultural Resources

NYRCR Work Schedule Planning Committee Meeting Public Meeting Deliverable Due Date Deliverables Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Work Plan

Vision, Assets & Risk Assessment 1 2 Conceptual Plan 3 1 4 List of Strategies 5 2 List of Priority Projects 6 Community Reconstruction Plan 7 3 8 4

5-Step Process New York Rising Communities in NYC

Identify, evaluate, Identify Funding Create Final Identify Assets, Define and prioritize Sources Community Red Risks, Needs, Community and develop Hook Projects and Reconstruction Opportunities Goals & Vision Implementation Actions Plan Plan

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Approach to Public Outreach

Public and Committee Meetings There will be four public meetings before the Online Outreach and Collaborative Both outreach and community engagement are completion of the Final Community Reconstruction Mapping critical to identifying needs and priorities, setting Plan, one of which has been held to date. The Another valuable source of public input will be direction, and ensuring the success of the final meetings will cover the following subjects: the online interactive mapping tool which can be plan. In Red Hook, the Planning Committee’s public • Public Meeting 1 (October 15, 2013) – accessed from the NYRCR Program Red Hook outreach strategy focuses on leveraging the network Reviewed program scope, goals, and timeline; page: http://stormrecovery.ny.gov/nyrcr/ of organizations and communications that formed gathered feedback on vision, community community/red-hook. in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, along with an assets, and needs and opportunities outreach strategy that the Red Hook Coalition has The online map allows users to click on assets in • Public Meeting 2 (November 2013) – Review been developing. To date, Committee members, in the community and provide three forms of input: contents of the needs and opportunities cooperation with the Coalition, have employed digital assessment; discuss and gather feedback • Confirm important community assets and outreach strategies via a Committee blog, listservs on strategies, projects, and actions information gathered about them and email announcements, as well as distribution • Public Meeting 3 (January 2014) – Review • Identify recovery and resiliency needs of over 1,700 flyers and palm cards to personal analysis and prioritization of strategies, • Provide ideas for rebuilding and resiliency contacts and local institutions. These efforts have projects, and actions been supplemented by public advertising in local papers. • Public Meeting 4 (February 2014) – Review All community input is visible to all other map users, of the Final Community Reconstruction Plan the Red Hook Planning Committee, the planning Subsequent phases of outreach will focus on team, and the NYRCR team. It includes links for direct outreach to the membership of organizations Each public meeting is designed to maximize visitors to review information about the program, throughout Red Hook, with Committee and interaction between members of the public, directly contact the NYRCR staff, and visit the consultant team members attending neighborhood the Planning Committee, and the consulting program’s Facebook page. Comments provided meetings to provide information about the team. Members of the public are also welcome via the website are combined with other feedback NYRCR Program, solicit input, and invite ongoing to attend the five (minimum) Planning Committee from the public and incorporated into the plan in involvement. meetings that will occur by March 31, 2014. progress.

As with all NYRCR communities, a notice for each public meeting will be posted on the Storm Recovery website. Meeting materials will also be posted on the Storm Recovery website after each event.

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Red Hook Public Meeting #1, October 2013 Red Hook Public Meeting #1, October 2013

Planning Committee Meeting #3, October 2013 Community comments from Red Hook Public Meeting #1, October 2013

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Community Overview

Red Hook is a mixed-use community in Southern Brooklyn whose identity is shaped by its proximity to water and roadways. Surrounded by water on three sides, Red Hook has been a center Red Hook Container Terminal. Source: Flickr F. Trainer Red Hook Houses 6 | Community Context Red Hook Conceptual Plan

of maritime industry for decades. The Gowanus the prominence of Red Hook Houses within the Median Household Income Expressway forms the northeastern border of the housing stock, the home ownership rate remains (2010 US Census, neighborhood and provides transportation access at 25% across the balance of the neighborhood, 2009 American Community Survey) $47,223 to support industrial and commercial activities. Its as compared with 31% citywide and 92% in Kings $42,894 construction also separated Red Hook from the rest County. The residential building stock is similarly of Brooklyn, which simultaneously isolated residents diverse. While 60% of all units (including those $22,273 $15,500 and businesses from the Brooklyn economy and within Red Hook Houses) are in medium to large contributed to Red Hook’s strong neighborhood apartment buildings, about 36% are in row houses identity. containing two or more units, with the remainder NYC Kings Red Hook Red Hook comprised of single-family homes. Red Hook’s County Houses The Red Hook planning area covers a building stock is notably historic with 80% of units Percent Owner-Occupied Housing 1.3 square mile area with a population of built before 1960. (2010 US Census) approximately 12,400 people according to the 2010 Census. Red Hook Houses, the second Yet residential uses comprise only 10% of Red NYC 31% largest public housing projects in New York City and Hook’s land area. Industrial and manufacturing largest in Brooklyn, houses around 6,000 residents make up 30% of the total land area; retail, Kings County 92% and comprises nearly half of the Red Hook planning office, open space, parking/transportation/utility area population. Both of these figures are reported uses each occupy approximately 10% of the area; by local residents to be under-counted since and the remaining 20% of the land is occupied by Red Hook 7% they may not capture individuals in informal living vacant land and other uses. situations. Van Brunt Street is the main retail corridor and Red Hook Median Income (2010 US Census) The residential population of Red Hook is hosts an array of small, local restaurants and retail diverse. About 40% of Red Hook residents identify establishments, mostly occupying 3-story mixed- $22,273 as White, 36% as Black, 3% Asian, and 40% use buildings. Other mixed-use retail corridors $15,928 report Hispanic ethnicity. Income and associated include Columbia Street, Lorraine Street, and Clinton resources varies significantly across Red Hook. As Street. A few larger retail establishments, notably $9,129 of 2010, median income within Red Hook Houses IKEA and Fairway Supermarket, pull shoppers from was 33% of the New York City median, rising to the larger region. 47% of citywide median income in the balance of the neighborhood. The largest employers in Red Hook are in maritime 1990 2000 2010 and maritime support services, retail and restaurants, (Community Overview Sources: U.S. Census The vast majority of Red Hook residents rent industrial, construction, and craft manufacturing 2010; 2005-2009 American Community their homes. Only 7% of housing units in Red sectors. Over half of Red Hook residents leave the Survey; NYC Department of City Planning Hook are owner-occupied. While this is driven by neighborhood for work. MapPluto; New York City Housing Authority)

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III. Storm Impacts and Risks

Summary of Storm Impacts

The flood from Superstorm Sandy resulted in by Sandy. Most of the buildings in the complex Manhattan for nearly three weeks. Most local streets significant building damage, power outages, were without heat and power for weeks, and in Red Hook were inundated and the storm sewer and transportation disruptions, creating some units were without running water for a week. system was overwhelmed by the floodwaters. tremendous hardship for many residents This posed significant challenges for residents, Numerous residents and businesses complained of and businesses. While Red Hook's location especially the elderly and those with disabilities. sewer backup and flooded basements. within New York Harbor afforded some protection Retail establishments in Red Hook suffered greatly from wave action, stillwater flooding came from as a result of Sandy. On Van Brunt Street—a key Recovering from the Storm multiple water bodies, including the contaminated retail corridor in Red Hook—the ground floors Gowanus Canal, which overflowed during Sandy. of buildings were severely damaged by flooding. In response to the devastation caused by With the exception of a few elevated blocks in the Flood waters shut the Fairway Supermarket at Sandy, volunteer and community-based vicinity of Coffey Street in the south, a half block the southern tip of Van Brunt for four months. Yet organizations in Red Hook, as well as of central Van Brunt Street, and Hamilton Avenue nearly half of all businesses affected were industrial, individual residents and businesses, mobilized in the north, nearly all areas within Red Hook with disruptions impacting production, storage and to support the neighborhood. Well-established experienced flooding as a result of Sandy, in some distribution of goods. organizations such as Red Hook Initiative, PortSide cases exceeding 6 feet. In many cases, ground New York, the Southwest Brooklyn Industrial floors and basements were fully submerged, Key community facilities and critical Development Corporation (SBIDC), and the Added resulting in prolonged, month-long power outages infrastructure also experienced significant Value Community Farm used their resources and for entire buildings and displacement for residents damage and prolonged lapses in service due leadership to provide vital goods and services and businesses on the lower levels. Areas within to the storm. PS 15 and the PAVE Academy for the affected residents and businesses of Red Red Hook that regularly experience flooding during Charter School were both closed for multiple weeks Hook, as did a number of local religious institutions. more frequent storms, such as Pioneer Street and following Sandy, and students attended school at Other organizations, such as Occupy Sandy, Richards Street, experienced particularly high flood other locations while the necessary repair work Restore Red Hook, and the Red Hook Volunteers levels. Storm sewer backups compounded the was completed. The Red Hook Recreation Center were formed explicitly in response to Sandy for coastal flooding, sending sewage into the streets had to close for several weeks, as a result of water the purpose of helping those in need following the and basements. damage to its structural and mechanical systems. storm. In addition to serving as a clearinghouse for The Red Hook Senior Center on Wolcott Street was information about the broader recovery effort, these Both residents and businesses were hard hit inundated by more than five feet of water, forced community organizations offered shelter, food, by Sandy. The Red Hook Houses, New York City to abandon its home of over 21 years. Significant medical assistance, and other basic necessities Housing Authority's (NYCHA) largest development flooding of the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel (formerly the to those who suffered as a result of the storm. in Brooklyn with 2,873 apartments that house Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel) resulted in the closure of A number of locations in Red Hook served as around 6,000 residents, were especially hard-hit this vital transportation link between Brooklyn and community gathering places following the storm,

8 | Storm Impacts and Risk Red Hook Conceptual Plan such as PS 15, PS 27, and the Miccio Community What Happened During Sandy? Center. The support of these organizations Buttermilk supplemented extensive informal assistance offered Channel What Happened During Sandy? The location within the harbor provided by individual neighbors and businesses. There are protection from wave action but stillwater flooding in Red Hook came countless stories of citizens stepping up to direct from multiple water bodies. traffic, local businesses opening their doors to serve as community hubs, and other examples of informal Atlantic social networks providing essential community Basin support. Larger businesses helped too. IKEA turned into a major recovery partner, contributing funding and furniture to Red Hook households and institutions, and opening its facilities to provide shelter and services.

These informal, community-led recovery efforts were bolstered by the multi-pronged official response by New York City in the wake Sandy Flood Levels of the storm. During and following the storm, the < 3 ft

Erie 3-6 ft two FDNY stations in Red Hook provided vital Basin emergency response services throughout the 6-12ft neighborhood. NYCHA staff worked to restore >12ft

Gowanus Wave Action the damaged buildings in Red Hook West and Canal & Water Movement East. Since the Red Hook Community Center was Feet forced to abandon its home on Wolcott Street due 0 500 1,000 2,000 ¯ to excessive flooding, NYCHA provided it with Source: FEMA temporary space at the Miccio Center, where it Despite these complementary efforts to assist will remain until relocating to its new permanent with recovery in the immediate aftermath of the location, with funding for renovations being provided storm, there is much that remains to be done by the City Council. Furthermore, in an effort to help to rebuild and ensure the long-term resiliency businesses bounce back after Sandy, the City and of the neighborhood. While the ongoing recovery other funding sources supported a New York Water from the storm demonstrated the unwavering Taxi stop at Van Brunt Street to supplement the strength of the community, it has also brought to stop at IKEA. light significant challenges that remain.

Clean-up of waterfront commercial building after Sandy. Source: Flickr Michael Fleshman Storm Impacts and Risk | 9 New York Rising Community Reconstruction Program

Future Risk

As a low-lying neighborhood, Red Hook will Risk Assessment Areas High: Areas outside the Extreme Risk Area that continue to be at risk of flooding from three sides. While FEMA’s flood insurance rate maps incorporate are currently at risk of infrequent inundation (in the Risk of coastal flooding will continue to increase detailed analysis of possible storm scenarios, they FEMA A Zone, meaning there is a 1 percent annual with rising sea levels. The factors that led to the do not consider future factors such as sea level chance of flooding) or at future risk of shallow tremendous damage caused by Superstorm Sandy rise. In order to map and assess risk, taking into coastal flooding with sea level rise (assumption of remain vulnerabilities in the community, and risks account sea level rise and differences in exposure 3 feet). may arise in the future. of the landscape, NYSDOS developed its own Risk Assessment Area Mapping tool that takes Moderate: Areas outside the Extreme and High A water-oriented community with a history of additional factors into account. In addition to the Risk Areas but currently at moderate risk of maritime trade as well as an active working FEMA flood zones, these factors include: a sea level inundation from infrequent events (in the FEMA and recreational waterfront, many of Red rise estimate of three feet, areas expected to be shaded X zone, meaning there is a 0.2 percent Hook’s economic and infrastructure assets are inundated by a category 3 hurricane, areas subject annual chance of flooding) or at risk of being in the concentrated along its shoreline, placing them at to shallow coastal flooding, and areas of the coast 100 year floodplain with sea level rise (assumption particularly high risk of flooding and wave damage. subject to shoreline erosion. Considering these of 3 feet), and any areas expected to be inundated This active waterfront also means that waterfront factors, the state established three risk assessment by a category 3 hurricane. coastal protection measures will have to balance areas: and be integrated with the ongoing waterfront According to the NYDOS Risk Assessment Area activities in the community. Extreme: Areas currently at risk of frequent Maps, the majority of the Red Hook planning inundation and vulnerable to erosion and heavy area is at high risk from coastal flooding. The overall low-lying nature of the area makes wave action (in the FEMA V zone, meaning the area comprehensive coastal protection a challenge. is subject to hazards associated with storm-induced A more detailed description of the State’s Risk Almost all of the planning area lies below the Base waves over 3 feet), subject to shallow coastal Assessment Area Mapping Methodology can be Flood elevations currently identified by FEMA; there flooding (within the National Weather Service's found on the NYRCR website, as can a link to on is no “high ground”. In a 100 year storm (a storm with shallow coastal flooding advisory threshold), or online viewer for the risk assessment area maps, a one percent annual chance of occurring) most of likely to be inundated in the future due to sea level at http://stormrecovery.ny.gov/community- the planning area would be inundated, including all rise (assumption of 3 feet). reconstruction-program. areas identified by the New York State Department of State (NYDOS) in its risk assessment area maps as extreme or high risk.

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IV. Rebuilding and Resiliency Planning Process Overview

The New York Rising Community Reconstruction community that residents value and/or deem • Established short- and long-term goals Program contains 5 key steps for rebuilding and to be at risk. and an overall vision for resiliency and resiliency planning. This section summarizes the • Defined community needs and recovery in the Red Hook community. outcomes of the two steps of the NYRCR Program opportunities by evaluating the issues and process that have been completed thus far: challenges as well as the resources presented The results of this work will support the next steps Identifying Assets, Needs and Opportunities, and by the unique landscape, housing, economy, in the rebuilding and resiliency planning process, Defining a Community Vision. demographics, and services within Red starting with drafting strategies and identifying Hook. These recovery and resiliency needs potential projects in November 2013. Content Through a series of Planning Committee and Public and opportunities may be associated with a completed in the first two steps will evolve through meetings, the Community has: specific asset or apply to a community as a the process and revised content will be presented in • Identified community assets and risks, whole. the Final Community Reconstruction Plan delivered noting places or resources within the at the end of March 2014.

Steps Completed

Identify Funding Identify, evaluate, Create Final Identify Assets, Define Sources and prioritize Community Risks, Needs, Community and develop Projects and Reconstruction Opportunities Goals & Vision Implementation Actions Plan Plan

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Community Assets

Assets include a variety of places and The asset inventory has been developed based the categories and subcategories defined in the resources within a community. They may on a combination of publicly available data NYRCR Program guidance. facilitate economic and social activities, or may refer and input from the Planning Committee and to critical infrastructure required to support those the public. The first draft of an asset inventory was The maps were refined with input from the activities. Assets may also be part of the built or presented at the first Planning Committee meeting. Committee. natural environment. The inventory was organized by key NYRCR asset types: Community Planning and Capacity Building, The refined maps were then presented to the The goal of the asset inventory process is to Economic Development, Health and Human public at the first public meeting, where community assemble a complete description of the assets Services, Housing, Infrastructure, and Natural and residents identified any missing assets and identified located within the community, with particular Cultural Resources. their priorities. emphasis on assets whose loss or impairment due to flood and storm events would compromise The inventory and associated maps were initially Additional public input on assets are being captured essential social, economic or environmental generated using publicly available land use and through an online interactive community asset functions or critical facilities of the community. The infrastructure data to identify assets within the map located at http://redhook.nyrisingmap. inventory aims to include sufficient information to planning area. (The primary data source used for org/. This interactive map is available as an online assess risk to the assets under current and future the initial asset inventory was the New York City reference through the beginning phase of the New conditions. Department of City Planning’s MapPluto data, York Rising Community Reconstruction Program release 13v1.) The building class attributes of the process. MapPluto data were used to identify the assets by

Red Hook Houses Mixed-use buildings along Van Brunt Street Waterfront industrial uses and the Fairway Supermarket

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Economic Assets asset, along with other mixed-use corridors along with 345 apartments that house more than 800 Economic assets, including industrial, retail segments of Lorraine, Clinton and Columbia Streets. residents. and other commercial uses, are located These corridors are comprised of small and larger- throughout the Red Hook planning area, with scale businesses that include dry goods retailers, Throughout the neighborhood, housing commercial and industrial property comprising grocery/food suppliers, restaurants, bars, and other assets—especially those with ground-floor 44% of the community’s land area. While over services. Businesses along these corridors suffered and/or basement units—were adversely 90% of residents leave the neighborhood in the wake of Sandy, with key retail corridors affected by flooding caused by Sandy’s storm for work, there are approximately 6,000 and adjacent side streets experiencing significant flood waters. As most of the housing assets in Red individuals from within and outside the community flooding. Hook are located in low-lying areas, few residences employed in Red Hook, providing essential services were unscathed by flooding in the wake of Sandy; to neighborhood residents, and contributing to the Housing Assets the homes on Pioneer Street and Richards Street, as production of goods for distribution throughout the The Red Hook planning area includes a variety well as the NYCHA developments, were particularly region. of housing conditions and building types. hard-hit by the impacts of the storm. Single- and multi-family residences, mixed-use Consistent with Red Hook’s maritime history, many housing, supportive housing and affordable housing Several housing assets in the Red Hook of its economic assets are concentrated along are all found in Red Hook. Housing is provided in planning area serve socially vulnerable the waterfront, which is home to a number of a variety of building types including townhomes, populations, comprised of people with large-scale maritime and industrial uses. These apartments over ground-floor retail, tenements of disabilities, low and very-low income include but are not limited to the southern portion four or five stories, and high-density apartment populations, the elderly, young children, of the Red Hook Container Terminal on Pier 10, the buildings, along with live-work and residential space homeless and people at risk of becoming Brooklyn Cruise Terminal on Pier 12, the Erie Basin within illegally converted manufacturing buildings homeless. The NYCHA housing developments of Barge Port, and the Gowanus Bay Terminal. Other Red Hook East and Red Hook West are the largest notable economic assets on or near the waterfront A significant number of residents live in the of the housing assets that serve socially vulnerable include the IKEA, the Fairway supermarket, and NYCHA Red Hook East or Red Hook West populations. Other housing assets that serve historic warehouses and other industrial properties housing developments, which collectively socially vulnerable populations include the Red accommodating artisanal and food production, comprise the largest NYCHA development in Hook Gardens Houses, the Mercy Home Visitation storage and distribution uses. Brooklyn. Located on more than 33 acres east of Residence, and the Conover House. Dwight Street between Lorraine Street and West The Planning Committee and members of 9th Street, Red Hook East has 27 buildings with the public also highlighted commercial and 2,528 apartments that house over 5,000 residents. mixed-use corridors that serve the community Just west of Red Hook East, Red Hook West is (Sources: NYC Department of City Planning and regional visitors. The Committee identified located on approximately 6 acres between Dwight MapPluto data; U.S. Census 2010; New York the Van Brunt Street corridor as a priority economic Street and Richards Street and has three buildings City Housing Authority)

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Economic and Housing Assets Map ATLANTIC AV VERANDAH PL DIV RD

KIMMEL RD WARREN ST PACIFIC ST CARTIGAN RD BOERUM PL ESCANABA RD BROOKLYN BATTERY TUN BALTIC ST DEAN ST CRAIG RD N ENRIGHT RD Economic WYCKOFF ST KANE ST

HOYT ST

ICARUS RD CRAIG RD S COLUMBIA ST TIFFANY PL 1. Van Brunt Street Mixed-Use CorridorBERGEN ST BROOKLYN BATTERY TUN GRESHAM RD HALF MOON RD Buttermilk DE GRAW ST YEATON RD WARREN ST Channel CHEEVER PL 2. Clinton Street Mixed-Use Corridor

HICKS ST !4 STRONG PL 3. Lorraine Street Mixed-Use Corridor

HICKS ST ! TOMPKINS PL 7 BALTIC ST 4. Columbia StreetBUTLER ST Mixed-Use Corridor

BQE CNTG HWY PRESIDENT ST 5. Fairway Supermarket

SUMMIT ST CARROLL ST DOUGLASS ST 6. Ikea SMITH ST

BOWNE ST

BQE CNTG HWY ! PRESIDENT ST 7. Red Hook Container Terminal ! CLINTON ST 8 SUMMIT ST DE GRAW ST BUTLER ST

Atlantic BOWNE ST 8. Brooklyn Cruise Terminal Basin WOODHULL ST SUMMIT ST SACKETT ST HENRY ST 9. Erie Basin Barge Port IMLAY ST BK BATTERY TUN APPR WOODHULL ST VAN BRUNT ST SEABRING ST COMMERCIAL WHARF RAPELYE ST 10.CARROLLGowanus ST Bay Terminal CLINTON WHARF PRESIDENT ST 1 PL COURT ST UNION ST RAPELYE ST COMMERCE ST 11. Hess Oil Terminal

BOND ST CARROLL ST PRESIDENT ST 2 PL COLES ST DELEVAN ST KING ST VERONA ST HAMILTON AV

ALLEY

VISITATION PL 3 PL SULLIVAN ST FERRIS ST LUQUER ST COLES ST BQE WB EXIT 26 PIONEER ST! Housing NEVINS ST WOLCOTT ST !1 ALLEY BQE EB EXIT 26 3 ST CARROLL ST ! PRESIDENT ST !1 1 ST 4 PL 1. Mercy Home2 ST Visitation Residence / !6 NELSON ST !8 Red Hook Gardens Houses

GOE EB EXIT 25 VAN DYKE ST LUQUER ST 4 ST

HUNTINGTON ST HAMILTON AV BQE HICKS ST 2.5 ST NYCHA - Red Hook East

RICHARDS ST NELSON ST DWIGHT ST !5 DIKEMAN ST !4 W 9 ST 3. NYCHA - Red Hook West !3 BQE CONOVER ST HENRY ST 1 ST DENNETT PL 2 ST COFFEY ST MILL ST !7 !3 HUNTINGTON ST 4. Red Hook Homes Apartments

5 ST REED ST BUSH ST !2 5. Red Hook Homes Apartments COLUMBIA ST CENTRE MALL

HICKS ST 2 AV 6 ST !3 BUSH ST !2 GARNET ST 6. Conover House (Food First Inc/ Sup- !5 BEARD ST CREAMER ST HAMILTON AV BUSH ST portive Housing)

CENTRE ST

BUSH ST 7. Red Hook Gardens Houses6 ST HICKS ST LORRAINE ST SIGOURNEY ST OTSEGO ST

GOWANUS EXWY HENRY ST 8. Red Hook Gardens Houses

7 ST CREAMER ST BAY ST HALLECK ST HALLECK ST 4 AV Red Hook 8 ST !6 GOWANUS EXWY BAY ST

HALLECK ST

HAMILTON PL Planning Area COLUMBIA ST 9 ST 10 ST

HALLECK ST

GOWANUS EXWY Assets: Economic 11 ST Economic BRYANT ST !10 12 ST ! 13 ST Mixed-Use Corridor !11 COURT ST PRE WB EXIT 1 !9 Assets: Housing 14 ST Housing Erie ! !9 16 ST 15 ST Socially Vulnerable Populations Basin Gowanus GOE WB EXIT 24 Canal 5 AV Socially Vulnerable Populations

PROSPECT EXWY

17 ST ! ALLEY !9 18 ST Feet PROSPECT AV PROSPECT EXWY 21 ST 0 500 1,000 2,000 19 ST ¯ 4 AV 3 AV ALLEY 6 AV 20 ST Source: NYC Department of City Planning MapPluto, 13v1 Rebuilding and Resiliency Planning | 15 New York Rising Community Reconstruction Program

Health and Social Service Assets services provided at their headquarters, that were Natural and Cultural Resource Health and social services assets dominated stressed by the Committee and public as the Assets the list generated by the Planning Committee defining feature of these assets. Moreover, while Various natural and cultural resources are and members of the public, including non- many of these assets might also be considered located throughout the Red Hook planning profit and religious organizations that played cultural assets, in the context of resiliency, their area, including a number of parks and a key role in the post-Sandy recovery effort. role in providing key community services during recreation assets. Waterfront parks suffered the These assets include schools, healthcare facilities, and after an emergency was emphasized. They most direct adverse effects from Sandy, but assets daycare and eldercare facilities, government and were thus categorized during the planning effort as located inland were not spared from the storm. For administrative services, public works facilities, health and social service assets. instance, the Red Hook Recreation Center closed emergency operations/response, cultural or for several weeks due to water damage to its religious establishments, community centers, Other health and social service assets that the structural and mechanical systems. libraries, and non-profit/ community organizations. Committee identified as playing an important role in the recovery effort included the Miccio Community Some of these assets played a key role in the The Planning Committee and members of the Center, PS 15, and the Red Hook Library. These post-Sandy recovery effort, particularly as public highlighted many non-profit/community locations served as community gathering locations for gathering. Added Value Community organizations and religious establishments as places in the wake of Sandy. The two FDNY Farm assisted with distribution of food and supplies crucial neighborhood assets due to their provision stations in Red Hook—at 252 Lorraine Street and in the aftermath of Sandy, and Coffey Park served as of essential shelter, food, supplies, information, 29 Richards Street—provided vital emergency a useful gathering place for residents. The Planning and medical assistance to local residents and response services for the community during Committee and members of the public identified businesses in the aftermath of Sandy. Organizations and following the storm. both of these as priority assets, in addition to other emphasized included—but were not limited to— natural and cultural resources such as the Red Occupy Sandy, PortSide New York, the Red While located outside the planning area, there Hook Recreation Center and the PS 15 playground Hook Coalition, the Red Hook Initiative, Red are three emergency evacuation centers that are and recreation area. Hook Volunteers, SBIDC, and Visitation of the near the Red Hook neighborhood: New York City Blessed Virgin Mary Church. While most of these Technical College (300 Jay Street); Brooklyn Tech organizations have physical headquarters, it was High School (29 Fort Greene Place); and John Jay the actions and services they provide throughout High School (237 7th Avenue). the community at multiple locations, rather than

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Natural, Cultural, Health, and Social Services Assets Map ATLANTIC AV VERANDAH PL DIV RD

KIMMEL RD WARREN ST PACIFIC ST

BOERUM PL ESCANABA RD CARTIGAN RD BROOKLYN BATTERY TUN !31 HealthBALTIC ST & Social Services DEAN ST Natural & CulturalCRAIG RD N ENRIGHT RD WYCKOFF ST KANE1. ST De Luz Iglesia Crist HOYT ST CRAIG RD S 1. Harold Ickes Playground ICARUS RD TIFFANY PL BERGEN ST BROOKLYN BATTERY TUN GRESHAM RD HALF MOON RD Buttermilk DE GRAW ST 2. Red Hook Initiative Pioneer Works - Center For Art & YEATON RD WARREN ST 2. Channel CHEEVER PL Innovation HICKS ST 3. PS 676 - Red Hook Neighborhood School !35 STRONG PL

COLUMBIA ST / Summit Academy Charter School

HICKS ST 3. Coffey Park TOMPKINS PL 4. Red Hook Community JusticeBALTIC Center ST !11 BUTLER ST

BQE CNTG HWY 4. Valentino Pier PRESIDENT ST 5. Calvary Baptist Church

SUMMIT ST Pier 44 Waterfront Garden CARROLL ST DOUGLASS ST 5. 6. New Brown MemorialSMITH ST Baptist Church !9 ! BOWNE ST 12 Erie Basin Park BQE CNTG HWY 6. PRESIDENT ST 7. Iglesia Cristiana Pentecostal ! CLINTON ST SUMMIT10 ST DE GRAW ST !1 BUTLER ST 7. Added Value Community Farm Atlantic Basin BOWNE ST !7 8. Pave Academy Charter School WOODHULL ST SUMMIT ST SACKETT ST 8. Red Hook Recreation Area HENRY ST 9. PS 15 - The Patrick F. Daly School / IMLAY ST BK BATTERY TUN APPR WOODHULL ST VAN BRUNT ST SEABRING ST 9. The Backyard Garden COMMERCIAL WHARF RAPELYE ST RedCARROLL Hook ST Community Center CLINTON WHARF PRESIDENT ST 1 PL COURT ST UNION ST RAPELYE ST 10. FDNY: Eng 279, Lad 131 Summit Street Community Garden COMMERCE ST 10. !26 BOND ST SULLIVAN ST CARROLL ST PRESIDENT ST 2 PL 11. Bethel Gospel Tabernacle COLES ST 11. Mother Cabrini Park DELEVAN ST VERONA ST ! HAMILTON AV !13 ALLEY 12. Iglesia Pentecostal VISITATION!4 PL 12. The Amazing Garden ! 3 PL KING ST2 LUQUER ST COLES ST BQE WB EXIT 26 ! NEVINS ST PIONEER ST !15 FERRIS ST WOLCOTT ST 13. Yeshiva Kehilath Yakov ALLEY BQE EB EXIT 26 3 ST CARROLL ST Waterfront Museum CONOVER ST ! 13. !15 PRESIDENT ST ! 1 ST !4 4 PL 2 ST ! NELSON ST 14. Program Development Services, Inc. 14. Red Hook Recreation Center/Pool !17 !3 !20 !22!24 ! ! GOE EB EXIT 25 VAN DYKE ST ! 3 17 ! 4 ST ! !25 LUQUER ST 15. Visitation Of The Blessed Virgin Mary PS 15 Playground/Recreation Area ! HAMILTON AV 15. 15 HUNTINGTON ST BQE ! HICKS ST 5 ST ! ! !19 Catholic Church !30 ! RICHARDS ST 9 !2 NELSON ST 16. NYCHA Red Hook West Urban Farm DWIGHT ST ! DIKEMAN ST W 9 ST 16. Village Center For Care !23 ! BQE ! HENRY ST 14 1 ST ! DENNETT PL 5 2 ST 17. Falconworks Artists Group COFFEY ST ! !16 MILL ST ! 17. The Joseph P. Addabbo Family Healthcare !8 ! HUNTINGTON ST Cora Dance Studio !5 !12 !29 18. ! 18. Red Hook Library - Brooklyn5 ST Public Library REED ST 16 ! ! BUSH ST ! 18 CENTRE MALL 13 COLUMBIA ST

HICKS ST 19. Dance Theater Etcetera ! 2 AV !18 ! 19. Avalon Childcare6 ST !11 BUSH ST 27 !6 GARNET ST !32 BEARD ST ! CREAMER ST HAMILTON AV 20. Good Shepherd Services, 1 !21 BUSH ST !28 !19 CENTRE ST Red Hook Coalition ! BUSH ST 33 6 ST

HICKS ST LORRAINE ST 21. Bumble Bee Daycare Center !34 SIGOURNEY ST OTSEGO ST

GOWANUS EXWY HENRY ST !14 22. River Of God Church 7 ST ! CREAMER ST 7 BAY ST HALLECK ST HALLECK ST !10 23. Southwest Brooklyn Industrial 4 AV Red Hook Development Corporation (SBIDC)8 ST !6 !8 GOWANUS EXWY BAY ST 24. Red Hook Volunteers

HALLECK ST

HAMILTON PL Planning Area COLUMBIA ST 25. New York Congregation of Jehovahs 9 ST 10 ST HALLECK ST 26. FDNY: Eng 202, Lad 101

GOWANUS EXWY Assets: Health & Social Services 27. Pal Miccio Day Care Center 11 ST Health & Social Services BRYANT ST 28. Post Office, Red Hook Station12 ST Assets: Natural & Cultural 13 ST COURT ST 29. NYCHAPRE WB EXIT 1 Miccio Community Center Natural & Cultural (Red Hook East Community14 ST Center) Erie 30. Kentler International Drawing Space 16 ST 15 ST Basin Gowanus 31. PortSideGOE WB EXITNewYork 24 Canal 5 AV 32. Red Hook Rise PROSPECT EXWY 33. Occupy Sandy 17 ST ALLEY 18 ST Feet PROSPECT AV 34. Brooklyn Waterfront ArtistsPROSPECT EXWY Coalition 21 ST 0 500 1,000 2,000 19 ST ¯ 4 AV 3 AV ALLEY 6 AV 35. Carroll20 ST Gardens Association

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Infrastructure Systems Assets entrance is low, and access to the station over low- within Red Hook. Red Hook’s wastewater is The Red Hook planning area encompasses a number lying roads and sidewalks could be compromised treated at the Red Hook Water Pollution Control of infrastructure assets pertaining to transportation, by future storms. Plant, which is located outside the planning area liquid fuels, and wastewater treatment. but in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, which is also at risk Maritime transportation is another key asset during storm events. The New York City Department Transportation assets provide essential in Red Hook; a large percentage of the area’s of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) operates connections between Red Hook and waterfront is comprised of working piers. The a wastewater pumping station at the intersection surrounding communities, and are at severe Port Authority of New York and New Jersey owns of Conover and Beard Streets, which residents risk from future storms. The Hugh L. Carey two facilities associated with the operation and report regularly floods during heavy rainfall. The Tunnel (formerly the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel), maintenance of the Red Hook Container Terminal neighborhood is served by sanitary and storm sewer whose eastern terminus is located within the Red and Brooklyn Cruise Terminal at Atlantic Basin. systems, but like most of the city, many combined Hook planning area, is a critical vehicular connector The marine infrastructure maintained by the Port sewers remain. Superstorm Sandy overwhelmed between Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan and was Authority supports the activity of both of these the storm sewer system as the neighborhood particularly hard hit by the impacts of Sandy, with facilities, which are key economic assets for the was underwater. Residents also reported flooding flooding resulting in its closure to the public for area. in low-lying locations and basements during less nearly three weeks. The closest subway station severe but more frequent storm events, particularly to the Red Hook Planning area is at Smith and Infrastructure to manage stormwater and when they happen in conjunction with high tides. 9th Street. While the station itself is elevated, its wastewater comprises another critical asset

Hugh L. Carey Tunnel (formerly Brooklyn-Battery). Source: Flickr J. Bary New York Water Taxi provides waterborne transportation options. Source: Flickr "Retrofresh" 18 | Rebuilding and Resiliency Planning Red Hook Conceptual Plan

Infrastructure Assets Map ATLANTIC AV VERANDAH PL DIV RD

KIMMEL RD WARREN ST PACIFIC ST

BOERUM PL ESCANABA RD CARTIGAN RD BALTIC ST DEAN ST CRAIG RD N ENRIGHT RD Infrastructure Systems BROOKLYN BATTERY TUN BROOKLYN BATTERY TUN WYCKOFF ST KANE ST

HOYT ST

ICARUS RD CRAIG RD S 1. Port Authority Facility TIFFANY PL BERGEN ST GRESHAM RD HALF MOON RD Buttermilk YEATON RD WARREN ST DE GRA CHEEVER PL HICKS ST 2. Port Authority Facility Channel COLUMBIA ST W ST

HICKS ST STRONG PL 3. NYCDEP Pump Station

TOMPKINS PL BALTIC ST 4. New York WaterBUTLER ST Taxi Docks !2 PRESIDENT ST

SUMMIT ST 5. New York Water Taxi Homeport DOUGLASS ST CARROLL ST BQE CNTG HWY SMITH ST BOWNE ST 6. MTA/TBTA Facility PRESIDENT ST

CLINTON ST SUMMIT ST DE GRAW ST 7. Hugh L. Carey Tunnel BUTLER ST Atlantic BOWNE ST BQE CNTG HWY Basin IMLAY ST AL WHARF WOODHULL ST SUMMIT ST SACKETT ST !7 HENRY ST (Brooklyn Battery Tunnel) COMMERCI BK BATTERY TUN APPR WOODHULL ST SEABRING ST VAN BRUNT ST RAPELYE !ST !8 8.CARROLL Gas ST Stations CLINTON WHARF PRESIDENT ST 1 PL COURT ST UNION ST !1 !8 RAPELYE ST COMMERCE ST

9. Vehicle Storage FacilitiesBOND ST SULLIVAN ST ! CARROLL ST PRESIDENT ST 6 2 PL

DELEVAN ST VERONA ST HAMILTON AV ALLEY 10. Red Hook Green Power VISITATION PL 3 PL KING ST COLES ST BQE WB EXIT 26 PIONEER ST NEVINS ST FERRIS ST WOLCOTT ST 11. Marina BQE EB EXIT 26 ALLEY 3 ST CARROLL ST CONOVER ST PRESIDENT ST 1 ST NELSON ST 4 PL 2 ST

GOE EB EXIT 25 VAN DYKE ST LUQUER ST 4 ST HUNTINGTON ST HAMILTON AV

BQE !8 5 ST RICHARDS ST HICKS ST NELSON ST DWIGHT ST DIKEMAN ST W 9 ST

BQE HENRY ST 1 ST DENNETT PL 2 ST !3 COFFEY ST MILL ST HUNTINGTON ST !10 5 ST BUSH ST COLUMBIA ST CENTRE MALL

HICKS ST 2 AV 6 ST BUSH ST GARNET ST CREAMER ST

! HAMILTON AV BUSH ST 8 !11 !9 !9 !4 CENTRE ST

BUSH ST 6 ST LORRAINE ST

HICKS ST BEARD ST SIGOURNEY ST ! OTSEGO ST !9 GOWANUS EXWY ! HENRY ST !5 7 ST CREAMER ST BAY ST HALLECK ST 4 AV Red Hook 8 ST GOWANUS EXWY ! !4 HALLECK ST

HAMILTON PL Planning Area COLUMBIA ST 9 ST 10 ST

HALLECK ST

GOWANUS EXWY Assets: Infrastructure Systems 11 ST Infrastructure Systems BRYANT ST 12 ST

13 ST

COURT ST Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway (Built) PRE WB EXIT 1 Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway (Unbuilt) 14 ST Working Piers Erie 16 ST 15 ST Basin Gowanus GOE WB EXIT 24 Canal 5 AV

PROSPECT EXWY

17 ST ALLEY 18 ST Feet PROSPECT AV PROSPECT EXWY 21 ST 0 500 1,000 2,000 19 ST ¯ 4 AV 3 AV ALLEY 6 AV 20 ST

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Needs and Opportunities

Needs and opportunities represent what a community needs to be safe and resilient to Recovery Function Needs and Opportunities weather-related events and from the impacts of Preserve, expand, and increase resiliency of diverse commercial and ongoing climate change, as well as opportunities industrial uses that exist within a community that could be ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Support job creation and economic opportunity taken advantage of or more fully developed Leverage funding opportunities to rehabilitate and increase resiliency of to better address the community’s resiliency historic buildings goals, such as underutilized assets, land or other Increase resiliency of Red Hook Houses resources. HOUSING Preserve and expand affordable and insurable housing Identifying these needs and opportunities is an Provide funding, guidance, and policy for restoration and resiliency of low- lying homes important part of the NYRCR process because the list reflects the community’s opinions regarding Increase resilience of healthcare HEALTH & HUMAN known or discovered risks, issues or challenges, SERVICES Ensure resilient food supply unmet demands, as well as untapped potential or Prevent pollution release during flooding resources across the neighborhoods and networks Expand and solidify community cultural and recreational resources and of the community. organizations NATURAL & CULTURAL RESOURCES Repair and increase public access to the waterfront Through a series of discussions and work sessions the Planning Committee generated an initial list of Increase vegetation resiliency needs and opportunities. A short, illustrative list of Improve drainage and reduce flooding from sewer back-up needs and opportunities, organized by recovery Provide coastal flood protection function, was displayed at the public meeting in INFRASTRUCTURE order to spur public thinking and share a sampling Improve and increase resilience of pedestrian and transportation options, and mitigate negative transportation impacts of the Committee’s initial ideas. Ensure resilient and redundant sources of power Public attendees provided input on needs and COMMUNITY PLANNING & Leverage organizational capacity formed in the wake of Sandy opportunities by placing comments on interactive CAPACITY BUILDING Improve emergency preparedness, response, and communication strategies boards. The combined input from the public and Committee members are provided on the following pages.

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Economic Development resilient. Vulnerability of electrical and HVAC prevalence of industrial uses and vehicle storage at Public and Committee members identified a strong systems in Red Hook Houses was repeatedly cited grade, and to concerns regarding contamination in need to preserve, expand, and increase the as a problem that needs to be addressed. Many the Gowanus Canal. resiliency of diverse commercial and industrial people recommended elevation of these systems uses. Businesses need clearer information about and provision of a permanent, flood-resistant back- Natural & Cultural Resources what rehabilitation options are available to them, up generator on site. Red Hook’s expansive waterfront and ample open along with the financial support to pursue capital- space are important assets that residents value highly intensive resiliency measures. Many commercial Preserving and expanding insurable, and wish to preserve and enhance. Community establishments are located in historic buildings, affordable housing potentially on currently vacant members identified increased public access to which face unique rehabilitation challenges. land is a critical need in Red Hook, sustaining the the waterfront, and repair and maintenance of Identifying and leveraging funding opportunities community’s diverse population in the face of rising existing waterfront facilities for a combination of to rehabilitate and increase the resiliency housing costs. Residents cited a dual interest in maritime, economic, and recreation uses as a key of historic buildings is an important aspect of preserving the sense of “open sky” associated with element of the community’s long-term vitality and ensuring the long-term resiliency of Red Hook. Such Red Hook’s low density character, with some also resiliency of the community. The waterfront also assistance coupled with possible development of expressing interest in seeing increased density at provides opportunities for waterborne emergency vacant and underutilized land needs to be deployed a mix of incomes to support more vibrant retail. response efforts and distribution, enhancing in a way that supports Red Hook’s unique blend Mitigating the financial burden that higher resiliency. of industrial and retail uses, ideally combined with flood insurance costs will have on property efforts to strengthen the market for both. Increases owners is one feature of preserving affordability. The importance of community ties is cited in the cost of flood insurance is a significant and Another component of housing affordability is the frequently in Red Hook, along with the need to pervasive concern among business owners. need for funding, guidance, and regulations strengthen and expand community cultural that support rehabilitation of low-lying homes and recreational resources. Many identified a Residents voiced a need to support job creation damaged by Sandy and at risk from future storm need for more and better community gathering and economic opportunity in Red Hook, events. Presently many homeowners and renters space, with specific expressions of need for a strengthening individuals and promoting unity lack clear information and the financial resources community center that can provide space for youth across Red Hook community members at all needed to implement resiliency measures for their and adult programming and serve as a central income levels. Support and services to establish properties. location for emergency support and coordination and grow micro-businesses—informal companies, before, during, and after a storm. Others identified hand-made goods—particularly amid NYCHA Health & Human Services the need to repair existing facilities, like Visitation residents, are opportunities community members Residents identifiedaccess to healthcare and Church Hall, that have historically hosted community wish to explore. a resilient food supply as essential for ensuring events but remain damaged by Sandy. Improved the health of the community after storm events. facilities for the Red Hook Recreational Area, which Housing Community members also underscored a need to is a well-used recreational resource for surrounding Committee members and the public emphasized prevent pollution release during flood events, neighborhoods, was also identified as a need. Still that Red Hook Houses needs to become more a public health concern in Red Hook due to the others focused less on the need for space and

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more on the need to strengthen the organizations options—particularly better transportation preparedness for which community members that provide these services and resources in space connections to Manhattan and improved pedestrian identified a need. Residents cited a need for a already available in Red Hook. connections throughout the neighborhood and community-wide flood preparedness program to under the Gowanus Expressway. Enhanced promote preparation in advance of future storms, Red Hook’s waterfront and its institutions are part of transportation systems will support the long-term and/or a Civilian Emergency Response Team. the community’s identity, as is the unique character vitality of the neighborhood, as well as options open Residents also noted an opportunity to expand the of its streetscape. This suffered from tree die-off in to residents before and after future storm events. Red Hook Initiative’s wifi network project to support the wake of Sandy, particularly among plane and future communication. sycamore trees. There remains a need to increase Finally, residents and businesses alike focused the resiliency of Red Hook’s vegetation, on the need to shorten the duration of Community members acknowledge the significant potentially through planting of salt-resistant trees power outages after a storm event through community capacity that formed in the wake of and other vegetation that can survive future flood improved emergency planning and more resilient Sandy and are interested in leveraging that energy events. infrastructure. Community members identified to organize and educate the public on disaster pursuit of alternative energy strategies such as tidal, preparedness, response, and recovery, as well as Infrastructure wind, solar, or geothermal energy generation as future community and land use planning. Flooding during Sandy occurred via flood waters both a need and a possible strategy for addressing from the Bay, but sewer back-up and drainage power outages and a lack of redundancy of energy system failures were also identified as an issue. The systems. need for integrated flood protection to guard against flooding from the coast and the Gowanus Community Planning & Capacity Canal, and the need to address sewer back-up Building and poor drainage, are amongst the most strongly Future emergency preparedness and response voiced concerns in the community. The latter are critical concerns in Red Hook. Community concern highlights challenges that long predate members emphasized needs for better coordination Sandy. Among a variety of potential strategies amongst local, state, and federal emergency for addressing these challenges, the Committee response entities, and for more resources to be discussed opportunities to leverage the proposed readily available for emergency response and Brooklyn Greenway route, potentially elevating immediate recovery. A flood-proof emergency it as part of an integrated coastal protection plan. center is needed as part of this system to serve as The public also voiced interest in integrating green the central coordination and response center and infrastructure into resiliency planning and projects, provide a location for critical supplies to be stored. at the building or district level. A more effective education strategy and a Committee members and the public underscored more resilient communication platform are the need for more resilient transportation additional essential components of emergency Red Hook Initiative provided critical support after Sandy. Source: Flickr R Deletto 22 | Rebuilding and Resiliency Planning Red Hook Conceptual Plan

Needs and Opportunities Community Comments

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Preserve, expand, and increase the Leverage funding opportunities to Increase resiliency of Red Hook Houses resiliency of diverse commercial and rehabilitate and increase resiliency of industrial uses historic buildings • “Increase budget for NYCHA infrastructural repairs” • Pursue landmark status for historically • “Rezoning to acknowledge flood base • “Retrofitted boilers for NYCHA” significant buildings • “Move NYCHA boiler to roof” plane” • Make use of State Historic Preservation • “More diverse businesses” • “Leverage assets of Red Hook Houses Office (SHPO) grant to restore historic (creative uses, empowered residents)” • Make industrial buildings more resilient buildings damaged by Sandy • Better use of Atlantic Basin waterspace • Empower Red Hook Houses residents to and lease adjacent sheds so they relate invest in apartment improvements to waterborne uses Support job creation, economic • Better use of Brooklyn Cruise Terminal opportunity, and equity Preserve and expand affordable and insurable housing shed and parking lot, and Atlantic Basin • “Job creation & neighborhood parking lot investment.” “Create a strong economic • “Affordable housing - built with green • Work to streamline environmental foundation for community.” building design.” “Rent too high - leading regulations so that Red Hook can rebuild • “Empower young people to build wealth” to polarization of community.” “Funding piers • “Help to bridge class divide between for low income/affordable housing.” • Encourage small and local business projects and rest of the neighborhood” • “Affordable flood insurance”. “Roll back development • Build a produce market and retail market increased flood insurance rates”. “Biggert • Explore options for increasing demand • Leverage PortSide New Yo r k and Harbor Waters [Flood Insurance Reform Act • Leverage vacant lots for new School as possible incubators for of 2012]: minimize impact to allow wise development maritime industry and education financial decisions”. • Help businesses utilize ongoing flood • Provide job training • Explore ways to offset insurance mitigation educational workshop and increases programs (e.g. SBIDC, NYC Planning) HOUSING • “Rezoning so more mixed income • Explore infill retail in Red Hook Houses Provide funding, guidance, and policy for (especially affordable) housing can be rehab and resiliency of low-lying homes built and generate more pedestrian traffic” • “Funds & plans to maintain current • Mitigate financial hardship from flood housing to be flood ready”. “Retrofits to insurance rate increase accommodate/address risks.” • Leverage undeveloped residentially • “Local network for information sharing zoned lots for mixed-income housing on rebuilding regs & resiliency” • Leverage vacant lots • “Green building incentives” • Explore Floor Area Ratio (FAR) bonuses • Address needs of residents still displaced Note: Comments in quotes reflect direct quotes from Committee members and the public. Those not after Sandy in quotes are paraphrased from conversations at Planning Committee and Public Meetings.

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Needs and Opportunities Community Comments

COMMUNITY PLANNING & HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES CAPACITY BUILDING Ensure resilient food supply Expand and solidify community cultural Leverage strong community capacity and recreational resources developed in wake of Sandy • Explore Added Value Farm potential and organizations contribution to resilient food supply plan • “Sandy galvanized a tight community; • “Community center”. “Cultural, education keep building on it” center”. • “Youth center” Improve access to healthcare services • “Sustainable home for local non-profits” Improve emergency preparedness response and communication strategies • “Need Hospital” • “Repair & use for youth of Visitation Church basement” • “Health center and better system for • “Seasonal preparedness drills” • “More 24/7 public social spaces” sharing information” • “Quick response in general after incident” • “A neighborhood corps!” • “Better mental health services” • “Trained coordinated emergency teams • “Community boathous[e] with • Ensure public safety citizen - every block” experienced maritime rescue team” • “Need a coordinated strategy & regs at • Better utilize existing school and church local, state & federal levels” facilities for adult and youth activities Prevent pollution release during flooding • “Inter Red Hook communication • Take advantage of existing training networks”. “Stable communication • Reinforce laws and regulations opportunities and resources platform (redhookwifi is a start)”. controlling storage of toxic materials • Stabilize existing cultural nonprofit • Explore Hess management change resources as an opportunity to negotiate for emergency diesel provision NATURAL & RECREATIONAL RESOURCES Increase vegetation resiliency Repair and increase public access to the • “A lot of our trees are now dying. In Provide access to flood-proof waterfront for economic addition to salt-tolerance, let’s also take emergency center and recreational uses into account scale as we replace them. • “Shelter/evacuation center with food No super-tall trees/weak forms near supply, medical etc.” • “Soften ‘hard’ waterfront with a softened, buildings.” natural coastline- invites expansion of • “Warehouse locale for generators…a present Brooklyn waterfront parks” stockpile of ready gas.” • Make use of large, easily accessible • Raised lots at Home Depot (could be waterfront used for Emergency response in the • Expedite regulatory review for pier future) repairs • Various vacant lots could be used to locate a new safe house • Adjacent neighborhoods have ample Note: Comments in quotes reflect direct quotes from Committee members and the public. Those not high ground in quotes are paraphrased from conversations at Planning Committee and Public Meetings.

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Needs and Opportunities Community Comments

INFRASTRUCTURE Improve drainage and reduce Improve and increase resilience of Ensure resilient and redundant flooding from sewer back-up pedestrian and transportation options, sources of power and mitigate adverse vehicle impacts • “Improve drainage/stormwater drainage”. • “Solar power” “Sewage treatment smell & danger of • “Better transportation throughout” • “Distributed power preferably via leakage & flooding”. “Address [combined • “Improve & expand ferry service”. “Need renewable sources” sewer overflow] CSO backups” more waterborne transportation”. • “Tax incentives & grants for green • Address/fix pump at Van Brunt and • “Need a bus into Lower Manhattan via initiatives such as green roofs, solar Reed and identify who is responsible for the tunnel now!! At regular fare” power, and storm water collection on upkeep of it • Improve pedestrian and bicycle network residential buildings” • Citywide green roof/storm-water • Improve pedestrian connections under • “Wind turbines/microturbine” retention/green streets pilot programs Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) • “Tidal power” • Alley between Pioneer and Visitation • Develop streetcar loop • “Coral reefs” provides opportunity for green • Coordinate with existing plans and • “Community based back-up power & infrastructure pilot project projects phone/internet” • Address transportation related nuisances • Address frequent ConEd outages such as bus traffic, fumes, fast tractor- • Enhance ConEd emergency plan/ Provide coastal flood protection trailer speeds, truck traffic along provisions neighborhood streets, and bus storage • Shorten duration utilities are out after a • “Seawalls”. “Coastal protection barriers. • Calm truck traffic on Van Brunt Street flood event Dykes. Seawall”. “Increased seawall/ breakwater at Richards St., Van Brunt, and Gowanus facing streets.” • “Privately owned property on waterfront to participate in protecting interior of neighborhood” • “Gates on Gowanus” • “Green polders with water parks inside & bike paths on top” • “Oyster bed” • Leverage the Brooklyn Greenway route in planning for coastal resiliency

Note: Comments in quotes reflect direct quotes from Committee members and the public. Those not in quotes are paraphrased from conversations at Planning Committee and Public Meetings.

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Community Goals & Vision The final key objective in this stage of the Goals help define particular objectives that Much like the determination of assets and needs, NYRCR process has been to establish the community hopes to achieve over the the preliminary goals and vision were established overarching short-term and long-term near and long term. They can range from small, from Planning Committee discussion and input at resiliency and recovery goals for Red Hook. simple goals to much more complex multi-pronged the first public meeting. The Planning Committee Setting targets and aspirations for the future helps ambitions. Overall, they are action-oriented and also engaged in a visioning exercise whereby to think beyond the current state and begins to aspirational in nature. they adopted the perspective of a variety of Red paint the picture of a more resilient, sustainable Hook populations and brainstormed goals from community. By looking at assets and needs, and The community vision is an overarching these outlooks. The feedback from these activities then setting goals and a vision, the community can umbrella statement that encapsulates a were organized to create consolidated summary then begin to devise strategies to reach those goals. collective sense of purpose and direction and goals and Committee members drafted a vision maximum potential for the future. statement.

Short-Term Goals Long-Term Goals • Increase emergency preparedness and response • Increase economic and social integration and equity capabilities • Expand and protect Red Hook’s mix of residential, • Support commercial recovery and long-term viability commercial, industrial and maritime uses • Repair and improve resiliency of NYCHA properties • Create sustainable water management systems (e.g. • Improve resiliency of low-lying housing and businesses sewer and drainage) • Provide and protect dedicated community space and • Provide coastal flood protection recreation resources and organizations • Address utility and energy redundancy needs • Strengthen community unity • Embrace green infrastructure • Improve transportation connections

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Vision Statement

The Planning Committee prepared the following preliminary vision statement, which will continue to be refined throughout the New York Rising Community Reconstruction Program process:

Empowered by the spirit of unity that helped the Red Hook community survive Hurricane/Superstorm Sandy, our vision for a resilient and thriving future is to work as a holistic community to strengthen the historic waterfront Red Hook peninsula by minimizing differences and maximizing cooperation among all who live and work here. Mindful of the growing climate-related risks to our beloved community and the immediate need for improved emergency preparedness measures, our actions will serve to help to develop measures that will protect our neighborhood from flood inundation, increase the safety of our citizens, and move towards a resilient community. We are committed to maintaining and expanding affordable housing and increased economic activity with an emphasis on local job development, recognizing the importance of their interdependence. Our re-building efforts towards a resilient and sustainable community are focused on a sincere triple bottom line integration of environment, economy, and community, which will require substantial improvement to our long-neglected infrastructure including sewers, transportation, communications, power and energy provision, and education.

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V. Additional Considerations channels, to the need to balance active maritime • Red Hook’s transportation needs have Regional Perspectives uses with new development, to the challenges been studied in several past reports and presented by historic industrial sites including the ongoing initiatives, including the feasibility of A number of regionally significant adjacent Gowanus Canal Superfund site which is expanded ferry, new streetcar service, and transportation and industrial assets are set to undergo remediation by the Environmental bus service from Red Hook to Manhattan. located in Red Hook. The Hugh L. Carey Tunnel Protection Agency. These issues are exacerbated • Local community organizations have (formerly Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel) is a critical by the threat of rising sea levels and increased documented the response of residents and connector between Brooklyn and Manhattan frequency and intensity of storm events. At the organizations in the wake of Sandy, and that is vulnerable to flooding. Though flooding nexus of many of these regional issues, Red Hook groups have begun planning and visioning during Superstorm Sandy came from the Manhattan is frequently an area of study for associated efforts processes aimed at galvanizing a more side of the tunnel, increasing the resiliency of the and stands to benefit from increasing attention and unified and active community. tunnel entrance is critical to Red Hook as well as funding for regional research and pilot projects. the larger metro region. Based on review of existing plans and initial engagement, existing gaps in planning include: Red Hook’s Erie Basin and Atlantic Basin Existing Plans, Studies, and • Assessment of electrical and water provide important economic, industrial and Projects management systems (e.g. sewer/drainage) and are part of the larger transportation services • Strategies for promoting resiliency at the Port of New York and New Jersey. The Red Hook In order to avoid duplication of plans and to building level Container Terminal located between Atlantic Basin identify how the New York Rising Community • Community social services and evacuation and Atlantic Avenue is one of several container Reconstruction Program may best fill existing plans. handling facilities in the Port of NY-NJ and the only gaps, the planning team has reviewed past such facility in Brooklyn. It serves as a critical point and ongoing plans, studies, and projects in Existing plans, studies, and projects are summarized in the metropolitan distribution chain. The Brooklyn Red Hook and surrounding areas. in the below matrix indicating the organization Cruise Terminal is located at Atlantic Basin and is leading the planning process, key analysis and one of only two cruise terminals in New York City. This includes resiliency and Sandy recovery plans, proposed initiatives, and the Recovery Functions as well as other plans such as hazard mitigation, these initiatives address. With so much of its waterfront devoted to an waterfront, and sustainability plans. The analysis active maritime economy, Red Hook stands to and recommendations included in these plans can This includes resiliency and Sandy recovery plans, benefit from initiatives by the Port Authority and contribute valuable information and ideas to the as well as other plans such as hazard mitigation, other regional agencies looking to protect their NYRCR planning process. waterfront, and sustainability plans. The analysis port and shipping facilities. In addition, Red Hook and recommendations included in these plans faces a series of issues that are critical for the Key takeaways from review of existing plans, can contribute valuable information and ideas to city and the region, from ongoing port activities studies, and projects that specifically address the New York Rising Community Reconstruction including dredging of the surrounding basins and Red Hook include: Program.

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VI. Next Steps & Implementation Planning

Next Steps

The next steps in this planning process will be • Assess feasibility, cost, risk reduction, co- • Responsible parties for each of the activities to develop a comprehensive list of strategies benefits, funding availability, and degree of to be conducted in accordance with the and potential projects and actions which will public support, and conduct cost-benefit recommended project be released after this report. The Planning analysis • Target goals, timelines and project budget for Committee and public will then, using the technical each responsible party expertise of their planning team, begin to evaluate Implementation Planning • Process for amending the work plan should and prioritize projects and actions. This will depend timeline lapse or costs exceed projected on consideration of the risk assessment, the After defining priority projects and actions, the budgets combined benefits of a project or action, cost and Committee will utilize the expertise of its planning availability of resources, value to the community, team to identify a path towards implementation. This timing in coordination with other construction or will be documented in the Final Community To accomplish certain infrastructure resiliency capital improvements, and availability of funding. Reconstruction Plan, due March 31, 2014. projects, regulatory and legislative changes may be Next steps include: required. In these instances, the plan will include the The goal for the implementation plan will be to process for which these changes can be achieved. Identification of strategies by November 30, achieve actionable results for the community which Regulatory and legislative changes could include 2013 focuses on four core components: regulation, changes to current zoning and/or permitted uses • Identify a comprehensive list of potential funding, complementary programs, and building in a specific area and/or state policies regarding strategies to achieve rebuilding, resilience, capacity to implement. construction and repair of waterfront infrastructure. and economic growth The implementation plan will identify the regulatory The plan will identify: and legislative entities that will need to be engaged • This will be conducted through Planning to initiate the changes as well as the community Committee, public meetings, and online • Order-of-magnitude project costs associated representative who will champion and push for the outreach with implementing an infrastructure resiliency project appropriate regulatory or legislative change.

Identification of priority projects and actions • Potential funding sources for projects by January 2014 The implementation plan will consider Red Hook’s • Detailed work plan outlining activities to resources and identify if implementation can be • Conducted through Planning Committee, implement proposed actions including achieved with existing resources or if additional staff public meetings, and online outreach regulatory actions and program development will be required. It will also identify the mechanisms as well as infrastructure investment Alternatives evaluation and prioritized list by for securing and managing the additional resources. early 2014

Next Steps & Implementation Planning | 29 30 |Appendix VII. Appendix-ExistingPlans Needs Study Red HookTransportation e okSmi RedHookCoalition Red HookSummit (RAMP) Studio Mitigation, andPlanning Recovery, Adaptation, Alliance Environmental Justice (SIRR) Analysis- Rebuilding andResiliency Special Initiativefor Community Boards2&6 Greenway -APlanfor Brooklyn Waterfront Study FindingsReport Hazard MitigationCase Red HookSmallBusiness lnSuyNm LeadOrganization(s) Plan/Study Name New York RisingCommunityReconstructionProgram City Planning(DCP) New YorkCityDepartmentof Pratt GraduateStudio (NYC-EJA) Environmental JusticeAlliance Sandy RegionalAssembly, Association (RPA) (BGI) andRegionalPlan Brooklyn GreenwayInitiative (SBIDC) andDewberry Development Corporation Southwest BrooklynIndustrial Planning Department. are underreviewbytheDepartment ofCityPlanning's(DCP)Transportation Strategies toimproveconnectionsbetween RedHookandtherestofBrooklyn research ofsocialandphysicalcharacteristicstheneighborhood. Red Hook,"analyzedresiliencychallengesinHookandconducted issues. Asummercourse,"RepositioninginPlace:StrategiesforaResilient developed asuiteofstudios,classes,andworkshopsthataddressresiliency Pratt Institute’sProgramsforSustainablePlanningandDevelopment(PSPD) Center. remediation oftheGowanusCanal,andestablishingaCommunityResilience for theRedHookSignificantMaritimeIndustrialArea(SMIA),expediting social justiceissues.ProposalsrelevanttoRedHookincludeprovidingfunding supplemental recommendationsaimedataddressingenvironmentaljusticeand Report analyzesproposalsmadebytheSIRRandprovides Greenway inRedHookareunderway. feasibility, progress,andneededactions toprogressthiseffort.Portionsofthe along thewaterfront.ThePlanforCommunityBoards2&6assessed The BrooklynGreenwayInitiative(BGI)isaimedatbuildinga1.3-miletrail opportunities forhazardmitigation. are theSmallBusinessStormPreparednessPlanandalistofnationalfunding businesses andtheirrecoveryneedsareaddressed.Supplementingthe report that wereimpactedbySandy.Bothphysicalandoperationalaspectsofthe The reportpresentsfindingsfromananalysisofthreebusinessesinRed Hook group ofnewcommunityvoicesinleadership. Red Hook,catalyzingchange,developingastrategy,andengagingcore The RedHookCoalitionconvenedasummitaimedatarticulatingvision for Initiative Description XXXXX X XXXXX X X Community Planning & Capacity Building 6 RecoveryFunctions

X Economic Development

Health & Social Services

Housing X XX Infrastructure

Natural & Cultural Resources Transportation Transportation Resiliency Study Comprehensive Social Justice Environmental and Support Small Business Resiliency Community Vision, Sub-Category Graduate Program Historic Preservation Columbia University, (197-a Plan) Community Regeneration Red Hook:APlanfor Flood RiskStudy Historic Landmarksand Feasibility PilotProject Waterfront Dredge Southwest Brooklyn Ferry Study Comprehensive Citywide Feasibility Study Brooklyn Streetcar lnSuyNm LeadOrganization(s) Plan/Study Name Hook Brooklyn A PreservationPlanforRed Community Board6 City Planning(DCP) New YorkCityDepartmentof Nautilus New Jersey(PANYNJ)and Port AuthorityofNewYorkand (WAVES) Enhancement Strategy Waterfront Visionand (NYCEDC), NYHarborWay, Development Corporation New YorkCityEconomic Corporation Transportation (DOT),URS New YorkCityDepartmentof locations ofkeyhistoricassts. The graduatestudentreportprovidesinformationonexistingconditions and development, communityfacilities,and services. recommendations fortransportation,housing,openspace,economic A comprehensiveneighborhoodplanfromCommunityBoard6thatincludes Insurance Program(NFIP). study summarizesthepolicyimplicationsofchangestoNationalFlood the resilienceofhistoricstructureswhilemaintainingtheirintegrity. The landmarks inNewYorkCityandtoidentifyretrofittingstrategiesforincreasing The studyaimstodeterminetheimpactandrisksfacedbyhistoric will bepursued. coastline andpotentiallyincreasecoastalprotection.Ademonstrationproject The studyaimstodeterminethefeasibilityofusingdredgeextend network, andcostsfundingsources. throughout NewYorkCityusingresearchintopublicmeetings,theexistingferry The studyanalyzesmarketdemandandpotentialridershipfromsites Hook. feasibility ofastreetcarloopthroughBrooklynneighborhoods,includingRed URS CorporationandNYCDepartmentofTransportation(DOT)examinedthe Initiative Description

XXXXX X Community Planning & Capacity Building 6 RecoveryFunctions XX XX Economic Development Red HookConceptualPlan

Health & Social Services

Housing X X X Infrastructure

Natural & Cultural Resources Coastal Protection Historic Preservation Neighborhood Plan Comprehensive Transportation Historic Preservation Transportation Sub-Category Appendix |31 32 |Appendix Projects Resiliency (SIRR)-Select Initiative forRebuildingand New York-Special A StrongerMoreResilient lnSuyNm LeadOrganization(s) Plan/Study Name New York RisingCommunityReconstructionProgram (NYCEDC) Development Corporation New YorkCityEconomic Housing Authority(NYCHA) (NYCEDC)/ NewYorkCity Development Corporation New YorkCityEconomic (NYCEDC) Development Corporation New YorkCityEconomic Transportation (DOT) New YorkCityDepartmentof Transportation (DOT) New YorkCityDepartmentof and Sustainability(OLTPS) Office ofLong-TermPlanning (NYCEDC) Development Corporation New YorkCityEconomic n utiaiiy(LP)AsuggestiontoinstallanintegratedfloodprotectionsysteminRedHook. and Sustainability(OLTPS) Office ofLong-TermPlanning properties. A calltoimplementplannedupgrades tovulnerableCity-owned,industrial retail andcommunityspaceswithinRedHookHouses. A recommendationtocreateandimplementarevitalizationstrategyfor targeted expanded in2013.Resultsofthisprogramareunderreview. Free summerweekendferryservicefromManhattantoRedHookwas Lower Manhattanbusconnections. A callfortheMetropolitanTransportationAuthority(MTA)toexploreRed Hook- Ave andWest9thStreet. Street andwillinstalllightingforimprovedpedestrianconditionsatHamilton New YorkCityDepartmentofTransportationwillcreateanewconnectionatMill Efforts toimproveconnectionsbetweenRedHookandtherestofBrooklyn.The storm surgebarrieralongtheGowanusCanal. (USACE) todevelopanimplementationplanandpreliminarydesignsforalocal Advocacy forandworkwiththeUnitedStatesArmyCorpsofEngineers Brooklyn. coastal protectionmeasuresusingcleandredgematerialinSouthwest A recommendationforthePortAuthoritytocontinueastudyofinnovative Initiative Description

XX X Community Planning & Capacity Building 6 RecoveryFunctions

X Economic Development

Health & Social Services

Housing X X X X X X Infrastructure

Natural & Cultural Resources Industial Retail Transportation Transportation Transportation Coastal Protection Coastal Protection Coastal Protection Sub-Category