Enviro disaster is heading to Coney Island Creek!

[isa...@aol.com]

The folks at Clean Ocean Action always say that "it's all one ocean out there". 

In JB, we've dealt with leachate from landfills, deicer runoff from the airport, nitrogen from the WTP's and vanishing marshes. But the greater tree hugger, bird lover, beach people tribe all came together to help and incredible progres has been made. 

Now we are facing some new problems with Coney Island Creek. 

The video below was done by Charles Denson, an author and photojournalist who runs the Coney Island History Project. It focuses on the ferry that is coming to the Creek and how it will impact habitat and use of the Creek. 

Jamaica Bay is far from pristine, but I think that all of us are aware of how much life there is in and around it and how things have improved over the years. Same thing with Coney Island Creek. It's far from pristine but it has made amazing strides in the last few years. 

We're now tuck between a rock and a hard place. Thanks to the lobbying efforts of a super rich developer who wanted a fast trip to Wall St. as a way to attract people to his new, ocean front, apartments, a ferry site was chosen on the banks of Coney Island Creek. As this video shows, it will have terrible impacts: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOcMu3Flii4

[Alexander Betser]

This is a money laundry although not as big as it could be.

Considering the location of waterfront building, ocean waves, creek currents and Seagate gated community the Site 2b is easier to navigate and it's closer to the road which means car-carrying ferry which is another set of challenges. Ocean side has challenging waves. Anything North of North Shore is not within the walking distance from target real estate. Seagate residents are unlikely to give up their beaches and allow thru traffic.

I guess Site 2a was chosen to allow for more work and therefore more kickback. Terminal at Site 2b will also resuspended sediment during pile driving and ferry operation but at least it does not require upfront dredging. I speculate that due to volatile shoreline Site 2b would still require occasional dredging.

As an alternative, the ferry terminal could be constructed off of an already reinforced Calvert Vaux shoreline right across from Site 2b and connected with the South Shore via pedestrian bridge which is supposed to improve pedestrian access to Calvert Vaux park . Or terminal can be a part of a bridge.

From a commuter perspective a 30 minute ride interval may work for Long Island (like they have a choice) but not for NYC hectic lifestyle where a 12 minute wait time is an opportunity to take a lunch break. So considering an equal probability of entering the departure queue within this 30 minute interval the average travel time will be 37 + (30/2) = 52 minutes +- 15 minutes of luck. This variability will either add more stress to stick to the ferry schedule or will require allocation of 67 minutes which is about the same as bus+train commute. So what's the gain? Cool trend?

This project will not benefit existing residents because I speculate that not a lot of them commute to Wall Street on a daily basis.

If there would be more money to launder or better money-laundering capacity of a construction company then a pier behind a wave breaker would be planned on the ocean side.

There are 3 ways to resist and all of them require mobilization of the concerned population which could be done via street ads, environmental outlets and social media.

- Good old petitions, calls, public hearings and so on.

- Litigation. Broken rules are to be fixed in court.

- Social pressure. Expose this situation to potential buyers using social media, website positioned for real estate keywords and street advertisement.

By street ads I mean flyers and corrugated plastic yard signs installed by activists.

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[Alexander Betser]

If laid diagonally across the creek it will push floatables towards two opposite acute corners as the tidal flow goes back and forth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3PH9p5MII4

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/world-economic-forum_a-sprint-to-save-the-ocean-for-more-innovations-ugcPost-6735158944261578752-CaQV

On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 10:43 PM 'isa...@aol.com' via Jamaica Bay <jamai...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

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