In was only a few years ago that the waterfront of Sunset Park seemed to be in its final days, its empty cobblestone streets a dumping ground for abandoned cars and sofas, many of its historic warehouses deteriorating and empty, and the shipping industry long gone. Nearly every one of the piers that had made the neighborhood into an industrial powerhouse had been destroyed—either demolished, filled in with toxic waste, or left to collapse into the New York harbor, and a walk through the neighborhood could end in a wild forest, a derelict power plant, or a hollowed out shipping terminal. Today, however, a real estate land rush and development boom is reshaping this neglected landscape, with competing visions for the future of the waterfront and nearby residential communities.
Developers Compete to Shape the Future of Brooklyn's Sunset Park - Curbed NY
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