After $11M in Repairs, Is Borough Hall Plaza a Plaza, or a Parking Lot?
This year, contractors hired by the Parks Department got to work replacing the bluestone in the plaza outside Brooklyn Borough Hall, which was busted up due in part to people -- including former borough president Marty Markowitz -- parking cars on it.
The $11 million project isn’t finished, but someone has already started using the new granite pavers for parking again.
“Before we know it, Borough Hall Plaza will once again be the community common space we have long come to love and treasure,” Borough President Eric Adams told the Brooklyn Eagle in April. And nothing says "community space" like personal auto storage.
The granite may hold up better than the bluestone, but is Borough Hall Plaza a plaza, or a parking lot?
We have a request in with Adams' office about whether he intends to allow the plaza to be used for parking after the city spent millions to repair it.
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