The proposed site for the latest station is a block from a new esplanade that extends about a quarter-mile into the Erie Basin.
The location under consideration in Brooklyn is near the Erie Basin, on the Red Hook waterfront.
"It's at the northeast corner of the Erie Basin, so turn."
To the north side of Erie Basin stand the Victoria and Alexandra buildings.
Two buildings face directly onto the water of Erie Basin, while the others are angled around communal gardens.
In the late 1980's, the agency spruced up the southern flank of the Erie Basin to develop a commercial fishing center.
A door in the steel hull had been left open; every day the surface of the Erie Basin got closer.
Now it just sits there, sunken in the Erie Basin with everyone wondering about it.
"Just below Erie Basin on the Brooklyn shore."
One piece landed in a cargo shed at Erie Basin in Red Hook half a mile away, starting a fire there.