Elected officials, organizations celebrate reactivation of South Brooklyn Marine Terminal
On Friday, May 11, two days after the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and local leaders announced plans to reactivate the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT) as a major shipping hub with the Red Hook Container Terminal and Industry City, the news was celebrated at the facility, 81 39th Street.
The event was attended by elected officials and representatives of EDC, the Red Hook Container Terminal, Industry City, the Sunset Park Task Force and other organizations who discussed their excitement about the plan that it is said will bring hundreds of jobs to the area along with maritime activity through a new entity, the Sustainable South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SSBMT).
“We are thrilled to be able to announce the Red Hook Container Terminal and their partners to be the leaders of this new effort,” said NYCEDC President and CEO James Patchett. “Tens of thousands of truck trips that would otherwise be going over our bridges out to New Jersey and back over from New Jersey and Connecticut will instead be coming via our waterfront, which is cleaner for everyone and good for our economy. We’ll have hundreds of good-paying jobs right here on this pier.”