Celebrating our
20th Anniversary in 2016!

  

The Greenpoint Monitor Museum is pleased to announce exciting news:

The end of the NY City threat of eminent domain on its historic land.

The award of a Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund Grant for
100% Engineering Design and Permits required to restore its shoreline,
raise the site for community flood protection, and provide public access
to the Museum's USS Monitor Park on the Bushwick Inlet.
 
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December 23, 2015

ON ANNIVERSARY OF HISTORIC LAND DONATION,
BP ADAMS CELEBRATES CITY AGREEMENT TO
PRESERVE SITE OF FUTURE GREENPOINT MONITOR MUSEUM


BROOKLYN, NY, December 23, 2015: Today, Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams celebrated the anniversary of Motiva Enterprises�donation of land along Bushwick Inlet to the Greenpoint Monitor Museum �a location where the USS Monitor was constructed and launched �by announcing an agreement from the City that preserves the site for future construction of an institution dedicated to the Civil War-era ironclad warship and its role in local history. Dating back to 2005, the threat of eminent domain has impacted the ability to pursue grants and funding streams that would make it possible to build the museum and a dock for research vessels, as well as achieve the goals of flood protection, public access, and shoreline restoration. Over the last year, Borough President Adams and Deputy Brooklyn Borough President Diana Reyna have worked with the Museum, the City, and local residents to advance preservation efforts, resulting in a letter from the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation last month that affirmed the City does not plan to purchase the property on Quay Street, acknowledging the project’s community support. Borough President Adams noted the importance of the USS Monitor to the historical legacy of Brooklyn and how this agreement was an acknowledgment of the need to invest in the cultural infrastructure of Greenpoint.

“The legacy of the USS Monitor is the flagship of Brooklyn’s rich military and shipbuilding history, which we must maintain for future generations,�said Borough President Adams. “I am proud to work with hard-working and ardent supporters of the Greenpoint Monitor Museum in their pursuit of an educationally rich and environmentally friendly institution that will tell an important chapter of this community’s story to the residents of Brooklyn and beyond.�br />
“Borough President Adams and I are grateful for the Weinmanns [founding members of the Museum], the generous land donation from Motiva, and the countless others who, for 20 years, have advocated building the Greenpoint Monitor Museum,�said Deputy Borough President Reyna. “It’s been an extraordinary year of great achievements for the Museum, which is dedicated to preserving and teaching about Brooklyn’s rich history. Today’s news, along with the recent award to build out the museum, is a fantastic accomplishment for everyone involved, from our partners in government to community stakeholders.�br />
As a result of this agreement, the Museum was able to be one of five projects selected to be funded through the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund (GCEF). The $599,200 grant will support the development of a final ecological design for a green/living shoreline restoration and stabilization at the Museum site, as well as the incorporation of that process into the education programs conducted at local schools by the Museum.

“On behalf of the Greenpoint Monitor Museum, Oliver Tilden Camp No. 26 Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA]’s USS Monitor National Marine Sanctuary, and all the Museum’s supporters on this 12th anniversary of Motiva Enterprises�donation to the Museum of its land at the launch site of the USS Monitor, I thank Borough President Adams and Deputy Borough President Reyna for their success in ending the threat of eminent domain on the museum’s land,�said Janice Lauletta-Weinmann, president and founding member of the Greenpoint Monitor Museum. “Letters of support from the children of PS 110 The Monitor School and PS 31 Samuel F. Dupont to Mayor de Blasio were answered. We look forward to the Museum’s 20th anniversary in 2016 with the commencement of the engineering design for a restored shoreline, flood protection, public access to the Museum’s land, and an enhanced education program incorporating this engineering project, made possible through the GCEF grant.�br />
In May, Borough President Adams and Deputy Borough President Reyna helped unveil the NOAA’s USS Monitor Trail Marker at the historic launch site, part of an effort to link historic sites for the vessel in New York, North Carolina, and Virginia.

PHOTOS



Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams and Deputy Brooklyn Borough President Diana Reyna received commemorative medals of appreciation from the board of directors of the Greenpoint Monitor Museum, as they and community supporters celebrated an agreement from the City that preserves land along Bushwick Inlet for future construction of an institution dedicated to the USS Monitor and its role in local history.
Photo Credit: Erica Sherman/Brooklyn BP’s Office
 
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CONTACT:
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Communications Director
Office of Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams
209 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, New York 11201

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Motiva Enterprises' December 23, 2003 Press Release
announcing the donation of land to
the Greenpoint Monitor Museum.

2015 GCEF LARGE AND LEGACY GRANT AWARDS
Greenpoint Monitor Museum, USS Monitor Park

In the News:

The Greenpoint Gazette

The Greenpoint Star

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Historic Meeting at Brooklyn Borough Hall January 30, 2015

Superintendent David Alberg, National Oceanic and  Atmospheric Administration’s
USS Monitor National Marine Sanctuary giving a USS Monitor presentation.


 

The Greenpoint Monitor  Museum and Oliver Tilden Camp #26,
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War would like to thank

BROOKLYN BORO  PRESIDENT, ERIC  ADAMS
DEPUTY BROOKLYN  BORO PRESIDENT, DIANA REYNA

ALL GREENPOINT RESIDENTS WHO  VOTED  FOR THE MUSEUM'S PROJECT

ALL MUSEUM SUPPORTERS OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS.

ALL PARTICIPANTS AT THE JANUARY 30, 2015
MEETING AT BORO  HALL LISTED BELOW  

Meeting Participants included:
The Greenpoint Monitor Museum
Janice Lauletta-Weinmann, President; George J. Weinmann, Second Vice President; Elizabeth Roncketti, Secretary
National Oceanic and  Atmospheric Administration’s USS Monitor National Marine  Sanctuary
David Alberg, Superintendent; Reed Bohne, Northeast & Great Lakes Regional Director; Tane  Casserley, Research Coordinator �NOS Deputy  Line  Office Diving Officer
Local Representatives
Councilman Steve  Levin
Representative of Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney
Eric Radezky representing State Assemblyman Joseph Lentol
Community Board No. 1
Gerald Esposito, District Manager
PS 110 the Monitor School
Anna Cano  Amato, Principal
St. Stan’s American Legion  Post 1771
Rick Kenney, Past Post Commander
Oliver Tilden Camp #26 Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil  War
George J. Weinmann, Past NY Dept. Commander, Camp Commander; Arthur Kirmss,Camp Senior Vice  Commander
AECOM
Eric Wright, Senior Associate Design and Planning; Gonzalo Cruz, Creative Design Director
EXXON MOBIL
Kevin Thompson, Community Liaison
BARGE PARK PALS
Michael Hoffmann, Co Founder
MUSEUM SUPPORTERS
Evelyn and  Erica Matechak

January 30, 1862 was an eventful day in  Greenpoint, Brooklyn when the famed Civil War ironclad USS Monitor  (defender  of the  Union cause) was launched  from  its  shores. 

January 30, 2015, the 153rd Anniversary of the launching of the USS Monitor and the  40th Anniversary of the designation of our nation’s first National  Marine Sanctuary “The USS  Monitor National Marine  Sanctuary� was another eventful USS Monitor day  at Brooklyn Borough Hall when supporters of The Greenpoint  Monitor Museum met with Eric Adams, Brooklyn Borough President and Diana Reyna, Deputy Brooklyn Borough President to discuss:

1.  The work of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Marine Sanctuaries and, in particular, the work of the USS  Monitor National  Marine Sanctuary.
2.  NOAA's partnership with The Greenpoint Monitor Museum.
3.  The importance of establishing a Museum on the land donated to The Greenpoint Monitor Museum by Motiva Enterprises on December 23, 2003 which is located at Quay St., the East River and along the Bushwick Inlet
4.  The elimination of the threat of eminent domain by the  City of New York on this land which has placed a  cloud on the Museum’s ownership since 2005.
5.  The creation of the USS Monitor Trail  including a NOAA  marker  to be placed on  the site.  
6.  Presentation of conceptual renderings of the land prepared by AECOM illustrating public waterfront access, raised land elevation for flood control, land stabilization, living shoreline, dock for NOAA's research/education vessel with boardwalk through a living  shoreline  and along historic panels.

The October 6, 2015 follow up meeting at Brooklyn Boro Hall with a member of the DeBlasio Administration of the  City of  New York was a success.  Letters from children of PS110 and PS 31 were presented by Anna Cana Amato, Principal PS 110 in support of  The Greenpoint Monitor Museum keeping its land.

The Museum received a letter from the  Parks Department stating that the  City does not  plan to purchase The Greenpoint Monitor Museum’s Property and acknowledges that the Museum  continues to hold title  and ownership  of  its land.   The Museum is free to  seek grants  to achieve its goals for the site including shoreline restoration, flood  protection, public access, a  dock for research  vessels and a Museum dedicated to the  USS  Monitor and local history.  Thus ending the threat of eminent domain.

On December 15, 2015 the Museum received notice that its project was one of five selected to be funded  through the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund in the amount of $599,200.  This funding will cover the engineering design, preparation  of construction  drawings, specifications and  obtaining all required  permits to restore  the site’s shoreline including public access  and  flood  protection  for  the  adjacent  community.  This project will also enhance the  Museum’s education program to local schools by including the environmental  and  engineering  processes involved in waterfront shoreline  protection. 

Thus beginning a new chapter for The Greenpoint Monitor Museum
as it Celebrates its 20th Anniversary in 2016.

New York City Fireboat celebrating the Unveiling of
NOAA's USS MONITOR TRAIL MARKER on the
Greenpoint Monitor Museum's land at the Bushwick Inlet,
Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY. (Photo by NOAA)

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