South Brooklyn Brownfield Opportunity Area

What is the BOA Program?

The BOA Program is a tool for developing a shared understanding of community needs and values and identifying opportunities to address those needs and advance those values through the transformation of brownfield and other vacant or underutilized sites into catalytic community assets. Many long-time families in this area are at risk of displacement, and there is an evolving environment for businesses and industrial businesses.

Through the BOA process, we will seek to advance consensus and implement a vision for the future of the neighborhood, guided by the following objectives:

1. Development without Displacement: Serving long-term, low- and moderate-income, and immigrant South Brooklyn residents with affordable, safe homes and quality jobs.
2. Public Land for Public Good: Aligning use of existing assets and redevelopment plans for sites that are publicly owned with community needs.
3. Connected Communities: Improving access to quality open space, knitting corridors together through public realm and streetscape improvements, and facilitating connections to the waterfront and other community assets.