Vacant Greenpoint lot to be converted into verdant waterfront park thanks to oil spill funds

12/23/2015

Greenpoint Waterfront Park

Although the nasty 2010 ExxonMobil oil spill wreaked major havoc on the Greenpoint area, it looks like the neighborhood will be putting the $19.5 million in restitution to good, green use. <em>Image via <a href="http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2015/12/22/slice_of_vacant_greenpoint_shore_will_become_a_public_park.php" target="_blank">NY Curbed </a>from Greenpoint Monitor Museum. ) </em>

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Greenpoint Waterfront Park

Among the numerous plans to renovate the Greenpoint waterfront, the latest project would see a vacant lot on Quay Street along Bushwick Inlet converted into an expansive and resilient public green park memorializing a Civil War era steamship. <em>Image via <a href="http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2015/12/22/slice_of_vacant_greenpoint_shore_will_become_a_public_park.php" target="_blank">NY Curbed </a>from Greenpoint Monitor Museum. ) </em>

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Greenpoint Waterfront Park

Although the nasty 2010 ExxonMobil oil spill wreaked major havoc on the Greenpoint area, it looks like the neighborhood will be putting the $19.5 million in restitution to good, green use. Image via NY Curbed from Greenpoint Monitor Museum. )

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