Plans to re-imagine Broadway Junction are underway, and the recently approved redevelopment project is expected to bring brand new offices, retail, housing, and public outdoor space to the major transit hub over the next decade.
The New York City Council approved the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) in December 2025, five years after the Herkimer-Williams Project began taking shape. Broadway Junction is one of Brooklyn’s major transit centers, sitting at the intersection of five subway lines, six bus routes, and the Long Island Rail Road. It is also the meeting point of six largely residential neighborhoods: Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville, Bushwick, Cypress Hills, East New York, and Ocean Hill.
Totem, the real estate advisory firm leading the project, said the four-building complex will include 1,000 affordable housing units, along with new public open space, retail space, community centers, and commercial and industrial space. The redevelopment looks to create economic and educational opportunities for resdients in the eastern portion of the borough.
“This approval is the result of over five years of dialogue and more than 100 meetings with residents and stakeholders,” Totem Co-Founder Vivian Liao said in a statement.
City Council Member Sandy Nurse told BK Reader that there will be a million-dollar anti-displacement fund to support tenants and homeowners who might face pressure from their landlords to sell because of the new development.
“There is space dedicated to a higher educational facility that we are working towards,” she added.
Nurse said the project will take at least a decade, and the EDC will also start developing programs to hire local workers during the construction phase.
“There’s just going to be a lot of demolition and construction in that area for a long time and the next steps are to really make sure that out folks are on these job sites where we have agreements to achieve targets” Nurse said.
At a community workshop on Friday, representatives from partnering engineering firms and community engagement groups set up posterboards and informational sheets at the Broadway Junction subway entrance where residents could share their ideas and input.
Jing Fan, a landscape architect with Hargreaves Jones, a firm involved in the project, said the outdoor plaza development is still in the early phases. The design will likely not be finalized until 2027, and construction will likely begin in 2028 at the earliest, Fan said.
The workshop centered on potential designs for a re-imagined public outdoor space, and allowed Brooklynites to learn more about the design ideas and give their input on how they would like to see the area improved.
“We’re hearing there’s a lot of wants for cultural programming, arts and culture, so all types of free programming seem to be what people are aiming for,” said Alexa Gonzalez, founding principal of Hive Public Space, which is handling community engagement efforts for the outdoor public space project.
Gonzalez added that there seems to be a lot of interest in fitness classes, especially ones that are available to all ages and ADA-accessible.
On the flip side, she said the public has expressed concern regarding the maintenance of the outdoor space once it’s built, but added the details of the park’s maintenance have yet to be finalized.
Terrell Belfield, an East New York resident, said he’s looking forward to how the development will improve the area and increase investment in the community.
“Broadway Junction has evolved a lot. It’s gotten brighter, we’ve gotten more investment in the community, and I think everybody can enjoy and appreciate it,” Belfield said. “I’m excited to see what the next level of that is and involving the community so they can feel like it’s theirs."
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