Mayor Adams Breaks Ground on $218 Million Public Safety Project to Protect Red Hook From Coastal Flooding, Save Hundreds of Millions of Dollars for Residents in Lost Property Costs

September 16, 2025

Project Will Install Floodwalls and Floodgates to Mitigate Risk From Future Flooding and Sea Level Rise

Two Miles of Resiliency Features Will Stretch Along Red Hook's Waterfront, Integrated Into Neighborhood's Streetscape, Keeping New Yorkers Safe During Extreme Weather

NEW YORK-New York City Mayor Eric Adams' administration today broke ground on Red Hook Coastal Resiliency (RHCR), a $218 million public safety project that will protect neighborhood residents and businesses from the effects of future storm surges and flooding above sea level-keeping more New Yorkers safe during extreme weather events and saving hundreds of millions of dollars in future repairs from destructive extreme weather events. RHCR will commission a series of floodwalls, floodgates, street redesigns, and other infrastructure enhancements to build a continuous line of long-term resiliency features in the Red Hook neighborhood, creating a two-mile integrated coastal defense system stretching across Atlantic Basin and Beard Street, two of the neighborhood's most flood-prone areas. Work is scheduled to be completed by the summer of 2028, ensuring a more resilient Red Hook community in the face of future extreme weather and a changing climate, providing protection against storms that have a one in 10 chance of occurring each year, and protecting against sea level rise as projected by the New York City Panel on Climate Change in a low-lying coastal community where these storms are a more frequent flooding threat.

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