Anti-terror bollards proposed for Brooklyn Bridge Park, Coney Island Boardwalk and other high-traffic sites
BP Adams Submits First-Round Security Picks
High-traffic Brooklyn locations have been identified as potential sites for the installation of protective anti-terror bollards.
Following the West Side Highway terror attack that killed eight people and injured 12 last Halloween, Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city would bring 1,500 permanent perimeter bollards to “high-profile” sites, at a cost of $50 million.
In a letter sent out June 13 but not publically shared until now, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams urged NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill, Parks Department Commissioner Mitchell Silver and Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Polly Trottenberg to consider “specific locations in Brooklyn that are ripe for additional security measures.”
The sites include Brooklyn Bridge Park, Prospect Park, Brooklyn Heights Promenade, Riegelmann Boardwalk in Coney Island, Eastern Parkway, Ocean Parkway and the Plumb Beach Greenway.