The Red Hook Recharge Zone (RHRZ) will be a charging and electric vehicle hub in Red Hook, Brooklyn. This hub will be a center for green jobs, initiatives and modes that will have direct benefits to the Red Hook community and provide an example of why cities and states should prioritize EV charging in dense urban environments, particularly in communities that have long been affected by vehicle traffic and environmental pollution.
Red Hook, Brooklyn has faced negative impacts of transportation planning decisions that have both isolated the community from public transportation and clustered noxious, polluting freight transportation assets in the neighborhood. Moreover, the Red Hook’s low-lying topography and heat vulnerability means that the global impacts of climate change, induced in large part by these very transportation planning decisions, are felt disproportionately by its residents.
This project has four major overarching goals: to make EV ownership a realistic option for New Yorkers, improve respiratory health, provide job readiness, and enhance local resiliency in Red Hook, Brooklyn and surrounding neighborhoods.
The RHRZ will install 20 ultra-fast DC fast chargers for light-duty EVs, along with an on-site Green Jobs, Access Program, and Multimodal Education Office, incorporating green spaces with amenities, electric moped hub, and space for additional vendors, such as food trailers and coffee. Once complete, the site will serve as a DC microgrid connecting solar, battery, and bidirectional vehicle-to-grid (V2G) chargers to create an energy ecosystem that can provide reliable clean electricity to the community and increase grid reliability during times of high energy demand or emergency.
This project seeks to provide alternative transportation options to neighborhood residents, create a local pipeline of good-paying green jobs, and build grid resiliency to help the neighborhood withstand climate-related impacts. RHRZ is a proposed ultra-fast charger Superhub incorporating vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology, a grid-scale battery energy storage system (BESS), and solar energy generation, along with space that may accommodate electric mopeds, electric bicycle charging and electric ridehail services. These transportation investments will be paired with an on-site green job and a multi-use community space that will connect residents to the quality green jobs created by the RHRZ investment. Taken together, they will provide reliable, fast, and equitable access to electric transportation while addressing climate-related health impacts on Red Hook’s residents, including more than 6,500 multi-family NYCHA residents.
Red Hook, Brooklyn has faced negative impacts of transportation planning decisions that have both isolated the community from public transportation and clustered noxious, polluting freight transportation assets in the neighborhood. Moreover, the Red Hook’s low-lying topography and heat vulnerability means that the global impacts of climate change, induced in large part by these very transportation planning decisions, are felt disproportionately by its residents.
This project has four major overarching goals: to make EV ownership a realistic option for New Yorkers, improve respiratory health, provide job readiness, and enhance local resiliency in Red Hook, Brooklyn and surrounding neighborhoods.
The RHRZ will install 20 ultra-fast DC fast chargers for light-duty EVs, along with an on-site Green Jobs, Access Program, and Multimodal Education Office, incorporating green spaces with amenities, electric moped hub, and space for additional vendors, such as food trailers and coffee. Once complete, the site will serve as a DC microgrid connecting solar, battery, and bidirectional vehicle-to-grid (V2G) chargers to create an energy ecosystem that can provide reliable clean electricity to the community and increase grid reliability during times of high energy demand or emergency.
This project seeks to provide alternative transportation options to neighborhood residents, create a local pipeline of good-paying green jobs, and build grid resiliency to help the neighborhood withstand climate-related impacts. RHRZ is a proposed ultra-fast charger Superhub incorporating vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology, a grid-scale battery energy storage system (BESS), and solar energy generation, along with space that may accommodate electric mopeds, electric bicycle charging and electric ridehail services. These transportation investments will be paired with an on-site green job and a multi-use community space that will connect residents to the quality green jobs created by the RHRZ investment. Taken together, they will provide reliable, fast, and equitable access to electric transportation while addressing climate-related health impacts on Red Hook’s residents, including more than 6,500 multi-family NYCHA residents.
