NEW YORK—Manhattan’s East River waterfront is a work in progress. The pier for the new ferry stop off of 34th Street, for example, is nothing but a narrow floating walkway surrounded by construction on either side.
While the views from the riverwalks of Manhattan and Brooklyn from along the river south of 38th Street are worth seeing, the walkways are drab and lifeless, and stretches of waterfront are cut off from any access, until reaching Stuyvesant Cove Park off of FDR Drive near 20th Street. South of the park around 16th Street, the walkway and bike path narrows and is cut off from the river—sandwiched on the west by FDR and the Con Edison facility.
To invigorate the area, a coalition has come together with the East River Blueway Plan, which hopes to transform the waterfront from Brooklyn Bridge to 38th Street. To get an idea of what those in the area want to see if the riverfront is transformed, the coalition gathered Community Board 6 residents together on Monday evening at Baruch College.
