Thursday, February 10, 2022

The remains of the Delancey Street Pedestrian Bridge

Workers started the late-night demolition of the Delancey Street Pedestrian Bridge the week of Jan. 24

Here's a look at what's left... the Park and neighborhood sides have been KO'd...
... just the section over the FDR remains ... (now how will they remove this without interrupting traffic on the beloved FDR?) ...
Also, according to the Weekly Construction Bulletin: "Construction activities will necessitate the closure of the sidewalk at Delancey Street between FDR Drive and Baruch Drive." 

Park entry remains at Houston, Sixth Street and 10th Street. Everything below Stanton Street is closed and demolished (save for the new passive lawn). 

For further reading, the February issue of The Brooklyn Rail has a piece on the $1.45-billion East Side Coastal Resiliency Project titled "Land Grab."

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I spoke with a worker he confirmed that they will close the drive to facilitate the center section removal. It has not been very noisy so far. No idea when the rest will be removed.

Scuba Diva said...

You did a strikethru on "beloved," but in fact this is all happening because the FDR drive is more beloved than East River Park.

Christopher Pelham said...

I thought they were only going to work on half the park at a time. Where, if anywhere, can we still enter? Around 23rd street? I tried jogging through the neighborhood sidewalks today. Many people do it, I know, but a lot of people were out, and it’s an obstacle course, and weaving through traffic over pavement is just not as peaceful or satisfying or healthy as running between the river and the trees and fields. I already miss our beloved park.

Grieve said...

From the second-to-last paragraph:

Park entry remains at Houston, Sixth Street and 10th Street. Everything below Stanton Street is closed and demolished (save for the new passive lawn).