LongPoint Bridge connecting Greenpoint to Long Island City gains momentum
“It’s a floating bridge, almost like a barge that floats and pivots around a pin,” the designer said.
A grassroots initiative to build LongPoint Bridge, a timber span connecting Greenpoint to Long Island City, is one step closer to becoming a reality with the establishment of a nonprofit and fresh support from local leaders.
The organization behind the overpass became a registered nonprofit, Friends of Timber Bridge, on Jan. 24, galvanizing fundraising efforts and received the backing of two Brooklyn politicians: Borough President Eric Adams and Assemblymember Joe Lentol.
The pedestrian and bicycle overpass was announced last summer to bridge Newtown Creek at Manhattan Avenue in Brooklyn and Vernon Boulevard in Queens. It’s the brainchild of Jun Aizaki and his Williamsburg-based architecture and design firm CRÈME.