Offshore Wind Energy Hopes Brighten Sunset Park Outlook After Industry City Unplugged

“This is a piece of a larger vision” for the waterfront, said Elizabeth Yeampierre, executive director of the Sunset Park climate justice organization UPROSE, standing at the intersection of 39th Street and 1st Avenue, near the terminal.

The Sunset Park location is the “only site” in the state suitable for the assembly and transport of offshore wind turbines, according to UPROSE organizer Ting Ting Fu.