City gets control of Brooklyn Bridge Park

The state’s Public Authorities Control Board voted yesterday to give the city control of the long-delayed Brooklyn Bridge Park project, the New York Post reported. In exchange, the city will fill $55 million of the project’s $120 million budget shortfall with money set aside for the stalled Javits Center expansion. The plan, which will infuse the 85-acre property with much-needed cash and ensure that the park can stay open longer, was approved by the Bloomberg and Paterson
administrations in March. The park is being built piecemeal as funds become available, with the first sections at Piers 1 and 6 in Brooklyn Heights open since April. [Post]