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EDC details 60‑acre electric port and industrial space; maritime groups warn plan dilutes working waterfront
Summary
EDC described a 60‑acre, mostly electric port and new light industrial space at the Brooklyn Marine Terminal, promising thousands of construction and permanent jobs; maritime and industrial advocates said the plan reduces industrial land and erases existing tenants and functions the city still needs.
EDC told the council its vision for the Brooklyn Marine Terminal centers a modern, electrified 60‑acre port as part of a mixed‑use redevelopment that would include new light industrial space, workforce training and a project labor agreement to secure union jobs.
"The BMT vision plan charts a new future for this site with a modern all electric port at its core, surrounded by a mixed use community with housing, open space, resiliency, and light industrial space," Andrew Kimball said in his testimony. He described earlier asset governance issues and said the agency had assembled experts — including international port consultants — to size a niche port that EDC expects to serve perishable cargo, short sea shipping and "Blue Highway" barge…
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