Brooklyn Bridge Park
Brooklyn Bridge Park is an 85-acre (34 ha) park on the Brooklyn side of the East River in New York City. Designed by landscape architecture firm Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, the park is located on a 1.3-mile (2.1 km) plot of land from Atlantic Avenue in the south, under the Brooklyn Heights Promenade and past the Brooklyn Bridge, to Jay Street north of the Manhattan Bridge. From north to south, the park includes the preexisting Empire–Fulton Ferry and Main Street Parks; the historic Fulton Ferry Landing; and Piers 1–6, which contain various playgrounds and residential developments. The park also includes Empire Stores and the Tobacco Warehouse, two 19th-century structures, and is a part of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway, a series of parks and bike paths around Brooklyn.
Brooklyn Bridge Park
334 Furman Street
Brooklyn Heights, New York 11201
United States
85 acres (34 ha)
2010–2021
Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation
6 a.m. to 1 a.m.
Open
The park's first portion, Pier 1, opened in 2010. The land for the park was formerly an industrial stretch of waterfront owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. After the city and state signed a joint agreement in 2002, site planning and project funding proceeded. The first work, undertaken in 2007, involved the demolition of a warehouse under the Brooklyn Bridge. Since the opening of Pier 1, several other portions of the park have been completed. The park was finished in December 2021. There have been disputes and lawsuits over several aspects of Brooklyn Bridge Park, including the construction of residential developments to help pay for the project.
Brooklyn Bridge Park is overseen by the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation, a not-for-profit organization that operates and maintains the park, as well as oversees its construction.[1] The park is served by several bus, subway, and ferry routes.
![Books Beneath the Bridge reading at the Granite Prospect[120]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Books_Beneath_the_Bridge_reading_at_Brooklyn_Bridge_Park.jpg/338px-Books_Beneath_the_Bridge_reading_at_Brooklyn_Bridge_Park.jpg)
Free stargazing on Pier 1 sponsored by the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York
Transportation[edit]
The B61 and B63 buses serve the southern sections of the park, while the B25 bus serves the northern sections. The closest New York City Subway station is at Clark Street and Henry Street on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line, which is served by the 2 and 3 trains.[180] The subway tunnel runs underneath Pier 2, and its path can be approximated by the absence of pilings under the pier. Also within the park, two canals mark the location of the Cranberry Street Tunnel, used by the A and C trains.[6] Brooklyn Bridge Park's Piers 1 and 6 have been served by NYC Ferry's South Brooklyn route since 2017.[98][181][182] NYC Ferry's East River route also serves Pier 1.[99]