As the city continues to reclaim its hundreds of miles of long-neglected waterfront, Brooklyn residents were given the chance Monday to offer their input on several proposed redevelopment projects. NY1's Jeanine Ramirez filed the following report.

Rain or shine, former industrial space along Red Hook's waterfront has slowly been opened to the public in recent years. Among the recently completed projects -- the esplanade at the Fairway Supermarket, IKEA, a new cruise ship terminal and accompanying parking lot.

Some Brooklynites would like the city to do better with the property. That was one of the many suggestions, as the Department of Planning held one of a series of waterfront vision workshops.

"We are revisiting the comprehensive waterfront plan for the City of New York. This plan was first adopted in 1992 and what we're embarking on here is a vision 2020, an update of that plan for the next 10 years," said Brooklyn City Planning Director Purnima Kapur.

Planning sessions are taking place in all five boroughs, as mandated by legislation promoted by the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance. The goal is to get input from residents, which will be compiled in a report to the City Council by the end of the year.

"When we say redevelopment, we're not talking exclusively about such things as housing and commercial redevelopment. We also mean redevelopment of land for use as parks, for open spaces, for enhancement of natural resources," said City Planning Project Director Michael Marrella.

Those who attended Monday night's meeting in Brooklyn were broken up into different groups, based on which stretch of the borough's waterfront most impacted them.

"They talked about maybe opening up Gold Street, where the Con Edison plant is. Years ago we had access to that pier and it's now closed off," said Vinegar Hill resident Diane Lewis.

"Boat launches. Especially for kayaks or canoes in the areas where the water is not so rough," suggested Greenpoint resident Katie Naplatarski.

The next workshop takes place in Queens in June.

For more information or to submit input, residents are urged to visit http://www.nyc.gov/waterfront.