Dozens of residents from Red Hook, Cobble Hill and the Columbia Street Waterfront District on Tuesday said they want the city to take a deep dive into the environmental impact of a controversial $3.5 billion plan to build thousands of new apartments and a new marine terminal on the Brooklyn waterfront.

In the first of at least three public meetings hosted by the city Economic Development Corporation, residents noted their frustration over Brooklyn Marine Terminal Vision Plan that was approved in September. The plan allows developers to build 6,000 new apartments, of which 40% would be affordable housing, and would transform the 122-acre waterfront area in the Columbia Street Waterfront District.

“Our build year is 2038,” said Jonathan Keller, a former city planning official who now w

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