Overview
- Gotham Organization seeks to lease the MTA’s Quay Street site for three mixed-use towers up to roughly 600 feet with about 1,150 apartments.
- The developer now commits to 40% of units—about 460 apartments—being permanently affordable across specified income bands.
- Local groups and residents cite scale, flood risk, and harm to the Bushwick Inlet ecosystem, and they link the plan to long-delayed park commitments.
- Councilmember Lincoln Restler opposes the project in its current form and calls for deeper affordability and a firm timeline to complete Bushwick Inlet Park.
- Supporters, including labor unions and the planned USS Monitor museum, point to jobs, public waterfront access, retail space and green upgrades, while the MTA says monetizing the site supports transit funding; the City Council will have final say with completion targeted for 2031 if approved.