The City and National Guard reached an agreement to save two
decrepit, yet historic, buildings in the Brooklyn Navy Yard and destroy
eight others, ending an impasse and allowing the Navy Yard to proceed
with its controversial plan to build a supermarket.
The deal, announced by a spokesman for the city-run Navy Yard, does
not guarantee the preservation of the low-slung Timber Shed and one of
the former officers’ homes, known as Building B, which faces Flushing
Avenue. But it allows for the transfer of the federally owned “Admirals
Row” area to the city, which owns the rest of the Navy Yard.
As part of the deal, the city would then solicit bids from
developers to build a supermarket and an industrial building as well as
to “test the market” to rehabilitate and maintain the two crumbling
19th-century structures.
It’s unclear how the historic buildings would be reused. The other
eight buildings along the row could be demolished by the city, under
this agreement.