Welcome to the Columbia Street Waterfront Association (CSWA). CSWA's purpose is to promote the health, vitality and character of the Columbia Street Waterfront District neighborhood, located in Brooklyn, NY, bounded to the north by Atlantic Avenue, to the east by the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, to the south by Hamilton Avenue, and to the west by the East River, and to advocate for the interests of residents, businesses and others with a stake in the Columbia Street Waterfront community.
🌱Join CSWA for fun outdoor activities this weekend to beautify Columbia Street Waterfront!🌳
Work Day at Human Compass Garden - Sunday, June 28, 10 AM!Human Compass Garden, at the southeast corner of Sackett and Columbia, has hosted our CSWA Tree Lighting and Earth Day events. Don't miss this chance to join your neighbors to make this special spot even more splendid. BMT NewsUpcoming Brooklyn Marine Terminal Meetings: The next BMT Advisory Task Force (BMTATF) meeting is tomorrow, June 26, at 10 am. The topics will be Sustainability, Resilience and Open Space. The meeting will be held virtually. The public may observe the meeting using this link. The EDC has stated meeting materials will be posted in advance on the ATF webpage. If you have questions you'd like raised at this meeting, please send them to admin@columbiastreetwaterfront.org and we will pass them along to CSWA's BMTATF representatives, Bryan Woll and Sharon Gordon. The next BMT Development Corporation meeting will be on Tuesday, June 30, 2-4 pm, in person and virtually:
Meeting notices, links, and materials will be posted on the Brooklyn Marine Terminal Development Corporation webpage. BMT Port Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) - complete responses now available Following requests from our electeds and CSWA, EDC has made the full responses publicly available on their Brooklyn Marine Terminal Public Engagement webpage. To find these documents, scroll down to BMT RFEI Responses. There is a great deal of information here, especially relating to the pros and cons of replacing the finger piers at the north end of the BMT site with a new "marginal" pier. This is one of the most important design decisions of the project, with serious implications in terms of cost, environmental impact, and BMT's viability as a Blue Highway hub. The responses by some of the Port Tenant group (6th Boro Marine, Marine Design Dynamics, U.S. Coastal Service, Atlantic Salt) and Service Providers (Persak & Wurmfeld) all comment on the port design, specifically building the new marginal pier vs. restoring the fingers piers (8, 9A, 9B). This information was not included in the EDC's RFEI summaries. What about all those Huge Trucks and Charter Buses Driving Illegally on our Streets?John Leyva's Columbia St Waterfront District BK Instagram page has featured videos of the havoc caused by 53-foot trucks and large charter buses attempting to navigate the narrow streets and shop corners of the CSW. The results include smashed cars. We are fortunate no one has been hurt. CSWA has raised this issue with the 76th Precinct and our electeds, and we are discussing the best course of action. For now, we need community members to report these incidents to the precinct. If you do have videos of these incidents, please share them with admin@columbiastreetwaterfront.org. Summer Brownouts are Here, and it's not even Summer Yet!Residents of Tiffany Place have already experienced brownouts as the temperature rose this month to July levels. Given the neighborhood is experiencing these electricity shortages now, even before anything is built on the BMT site, it's critical to understand the limitations of the existing electrical grid. CSWA discussed this with Council Member Hanif's office, and her team suggested community members should report these to Con Ed on their Report an Outage or Service Issue page. Here you can also check outage status. Please notify Council Member Hanif's office as well. Questions? Email us at admin@columbiastreetwaterfront.org. Also, please share our mailing list sign-up page with your friends and neighbors: Columbia Street Waterfront Association Email List. Some of you may be receiving this newsletter for the first time. Welcome! We hope you decide to stay with us. You can always click "unsubscribe" below. Media Contact:
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Columbia Street Waterfront Association, Inc
Welcome to the Columbia Street Waterfront Association (CSWA). CSWA's purpose is to promote the health, vitality and character of the Columbia Street Waterfront District neighborhood, located in Brooklyn, NY, bounded to the north by Atlantic Avenue, to the east by the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, to the south by Hamilton Avenue, and to the west by the East River, and to advocate for the interests of residents, businesses and others with a stake in the Columbia Street Waterfront community.
07-12-2026 🌞🍦Happy July, Columbia Street Waterfront!🍦🌞 In this issue: July 4 fireworks from the Mary A. Whalen in Red Hook! BMT (Brooklyn Marine Terminal) news - Notes from Advisory Task Force and BMT Dev Corp meetings in June, and EDC's (Economic Development Corporation) Virtual Public Info Session next Tuesday, July 14 - join CSWA BMT Committee for a Zoom debrief and discussion afterwards. Hear our CSWA VP John Leyva join a distinguished panel discussing Housing is a Human Right on Equal...
07-12-2026 Hello, Columbia Street Waterfront! Happy Juneteenth! In this issue: KNICKS IN FIVE! Joy at our community watch party! Columbia Street Cleanup Volunteer Project - Saturday, June 27! BMT news - Advisory Task Force and BMT Dev Corp meetings, and finally EDC makes the full Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) responses public! Jalopy Theatre got robbed! Your support is still needed. Huge trucks and charter buses drive illegally in our neighborhood, causing havoc - what we can do...
07-12-2026 Hello, Columbia Street Waterfront! And Go Knicks! In this issue: Join Red Hook Business Association and CSWA Greening Committee for a Working Waterfront "Placemaking" Community Chat Sunday, June 14! A look back at our community forums with Brad Lander and Dan Goldman. CSWA's Press Release Praising State Budget Decision to Leave Brooklyn Marine Terminal PILOT Financing Out of the Final Budget CSWA Book Swap on Open Garden Day at Urban Meadow Garden a Literary Success! Petition...