NEW YORK— A downtown Brooklyn building serving mostly as a warehouse will be transformed into a state-of-the-art applied science research center. The site, 370 Jay St., will house the NYU Center for Urban Progress (CUSP), the second winner of the city’s Applied Sciences NYC campus competition.
After Cornell University and partner Technion-Israel Institute of Technology were awarded money and land on Roosevelt Island last December, it was unclear whether there would be additional winners of the competition.
Then on Monday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Speaker of the City Council Christine Quinn were among government officials, university executives, and downtown Brooklyn business leaders who gathered in downtown Brooklyn to announce the new winner.
