Background

The Red Hook neighborhood saw unprecedented flooding during Hurricane Sandy that left many residents and businesses without basic services for weeks. The Red Hook Coastal Resiliency Project will be a critical step toward ensuring a more resilient Red Hook community in the face of future extreme weather and a changing climate.

The Red Hook Coastal Resiliency Project is an important part of Mayor de Blasio's multilayered, $20 billion resiliency plan that the City is implementing across the five boroughs. The plan takes a comprehensive approach to resiliency, with the vision that our neighborhoods, economy, and public services will be ready to withstand—and emerge stronger from—the impacts of climate change.