Plan to close street, open pedestrian plaza, stirs Dumbo
The DUMBO Improvement District (BID) wants to close a two-block long street just north of the Manhattan Bridge to traffic and turn it into a pedestrian plaza. But not everyone is on board with the Anchorage Place proposal, and a hearing on the plan will be held Wednesday evening from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the DUMBO Loft, 155 Water St.
Anchorage Place runs between Plymouth and Pearl streets, next to the newly painted Pearl Street Triangle. The DUMBO BID says closing the street would enhance pedestrian safety by connecting the Pearl Street Triangle to the Manhattan Bridge Archway.
“It will also allow the DUMBO Improvement District to increase programming in the plaza spaces by offering a larger area for public seating and for staging of events and art,” the group said in a statement.