North Brooklyn Pipeline

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North Brooklyn Pipeline, also known as the Metropolitan Reliability Infrastructure (MRI) Pipeline, is a natural gas pipeline under construction in Brooklyn, New York, United States.

Location

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Project details

• Operator:
• Owner: National Grid
• Parent company: National Grid
• Capacity: 250 MMcf/d
• Length: 7 mi
• Diameter: 30 in
• Status: Construction
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• Cost:
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Background

The project was proposed

The goal of this pipeline, according to National Grid, is to increase the company’s safety, reliability, and operational flexibility. Construction involves a 7-mile, high-pressure, 30-in pipeline that will traverse the neighborhoods of Brownsville, Bedford Stuyvesant, Bushwick, Williamsburg, and Greenpoint.

This pipeline was proposed to transport natural gas from Pennsylvania to two preexisting National Grid pipelines in Brooklyn. The end goal was to connect the new pipeline to a liquefied natural gas facility located in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, United States.

Construction began in 2017. After protests and multiple lawsuits, the fourth phase of the pipeline, the Greenpoint portion of the project, was halted in 2020.

As of July 2022, the final phase appeared not to have been permitted yet, and the project is still considered under construction.

Opposition

The pipeline's construction has encountered major grassroots opposition. As of May 2022, four out of five phases had been built, and the organization No North Brooklyn Pipeline was fighting to prevent approval of the final stage.