Q&A
Discussion on the preferred location for Coney Island ferry landing
2:12:50
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67 sec
Former Council Member Domenic Recchia emphasizes that the ferry landing must be on the ocean side of Coney Island, citing historical precedent and past issues with alternative locations. Council Member Selvena Brooks-Powers acknowledges the importance of this historical context for future ferry expansion plans.
- Recchia argues for the ocean side location, mentioning past ferry operations in the 1950s and 1960s
- He reveals a failed attempt to build inside the creek, which cost $12 million and was dismantled
- Brooks-Powers expresses appreciation for the historical information and stresses the need for EDC to conduct proper due diligence in future expansion plans
Domenic Recchia
2:12:50
ocean?
2:12:50
It has to be on the ocean side.
2:12:52
That's the only place you we used to have ferries in the 19 fifties, 19 sixties.
2:12:56
We had ferries.
2:12:56
So you're gonna say 2024.
2:12:58
We can't build a ferry We can't build a landing.
2:13:00
We have a steeplechase pier without we used to have fairies landing all the time.
2:13:06
But they never all the other thing, it cost them $12,000,000 when they tried to build inside the creek.
2:13:12
They didn't tell you that today.
2:13:13
And the community was so upset.
2:13:15
What did they do?
2:13:16
In the middle of the night, in October, they came and dismantled the pier that they built and took it out on tugboats in the middle of the night.
2:13:25
That's how upset.
2:13:26
That's how they knew they were wrong.
2:13:28
But they didn't tell you they wasted $12,000,000 at $250,000 is not what it's gonna cost.
Selvena Brooks-Powers
2:13:34
No.
2:13:35
Thank you for that.
2:13:35
And that's actually what I heard when I did my transportation infrastructure tour So it like I said, it is good to have on the record the historical context about what took place so that we know moving forward with any type of fairy extensions.
2:13:50
We expansions, we need to make sure that EDC is doing their due diligence in a real way.
2:13:56
So thank you for that.