Sea Gate’s coastline is getting in shape for beach season.
A project reinforce Sea Gate’s exclusive shore — and Coney Island’s public beaches — will wrap up by spring, and heavy construction equipment will be gone before summer starts on June 21, officials said.
Army Corps of Engineers contractors are putting the finishing touches on four “T-Groin” jetties and replenishing the neighborhood’s private beach with 70,000 cubic yards of sand — enough to fill more than 21 Olympic-size swimming pools.
The project to reinforce Sea Gate’s gated-off shore will also protect Coney Island’s publicly accessible beaches, officials have said. The sand comes from Gravesend Bay and the inlet separating Marine Park and Queens, said Corps spokesman James D’Ambrosio.
The jetties are about the size of a football field and are primarily built under the water — and their main purpose is to keep and retain sand on the beach, according to Civil Engineer Andrew Marsella.
The $25 million, federally funded project began in 2014 and includes 100,000 tons of stone to build the T-Groins, improvements to the W. 37th Street groin that’s already in place, and rehabilitating the Norton Point Dike, said D’Ambrosio.
