Karl Junkersfeld discovers actual wildlife at Brooklyn Bridge Park and he names it “Dodger”. Is this muskrat supposed to be there? Has he been bused in or is he a native? Anyone know?
And should we be cranking this song? (more…)
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BHB contributor/ mega-attorney T.K. Small was interviewed by the NY Daily News about the new gravel walkways at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 1:
As rumored, Brooklyn Bridge Park has issued a Request for Proposal [download PDF] ”for the rehabilitation and adaptive re-use of the former Tobacco Warehouse for cultural, educational or community purposes.” (more…)
The NY Post writes that Governor’s Island and the new Brooklyn Bridge Park are a super-fantastical smash hit this season:
T.K. Small Talks Brooklyn Bridge Park Gravel with NY Daily News
NY Daily News photo
BHB contributor/ mega-attorney T.K. Small was interviewed by the NY Daily News about the new gravel walkways at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 1:
NY Daily News: “See the way I’m bouncing around?” he said as he maneuvered his electric wheelchair over the path. “You’re just bumping along. It’s slow and tedious. “I can do it, [but] for a lot of people that use either a manual wheelchair or walker or a cane or crutches or something like that, they’re going to have trouble getting there,” he said. “It’s a really fabulous view; it’s just spectacular. . . . I still can’t figure out why [the gravel] is necessary.”
Brooklyn Bridge Park officials tell the paper something we’ve heard before — crews will be sweeping and tamping down the gravel to make it a smooth surface as planned. That was the case at Pier 6 where one resident tells the paper the pathway is now “perfect”.
Note: This article is not currently available on line. For now, enjoy this PDF courtesy of Mr. Small.
Brooklyn Bridge Park Releases Tobacco Warehouse RFP
Flickr photo by Jonas Bengsston
As rumored, Brooklyn Bridge Park has issued a Request for Proposal [download PDF] ”for the rehabilitation and adaptive re-use of the former Tobacco Warehouse for cultural, educational or community purposes.” (more…)
Mr. Junkersfeld Takes a Powder
Karl Junkersfeld has done a lot of walking recently. The top video highlights the new pedestrian and bike path connecting Piers 1 & 6 at Brooklyn Bridge Park. After the jump, Karl goes to somewhere called “Manhattan” to check out the pedestrian mall on Park Avenue among other sights. (more…)
Governor’s Island is a Smash Hit
Flickr photo by James Wolberg
The NY Post writes that Governor’s Island and the new Brooklyn Bridge Park are a super-fantastical smash hit this season:
NY Post: Among the prime reasons is the free ferry service unveiled two months ago at the new Pier 6 section of Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn Heights.
There have also been more concerts and cultural programs this summer on at Governors Island.
“Governors Island is one of New York City’s greatest free resources, and more New Yorkers are taking advantage of it than ever before,” said Mayor Bloomberg, who convinced the state this year to hand over control of both Governors Island and Brooklyn Bridge Park to the city.
Bike Paths Coming to Brooklyn Bridge Park
The NY Post reports that Brooklyn Bridge Park will be getting a bike and pedestrian path within the next week. It will connect Piers 1 and 6 from Old Fulton Street to Atlantic Avenue. It will connect to the existing bike lane along Columbia Street at DeGraw:
NY Post: A four-block stretch of the new path recently surfaced, running northbound from Pier 6 around the One Brooklyn Bridge Park condo complex before turning onto a barricaded two-way lane on Furman Street, from Joralemon Street until around Montague Street.
It then heads into a fenced-in area along the waterfront near Pier 4 and runs to Pier 1, passing parts of the park under construction along the way. Ellen Ryan, a spokeswoman for the city-controlled park, said the city is putting final touches on this section of the pathway before opening it to pedestrians and cyclists “probably within one week.”
News 12 Brooklyn Picks Up BBP Gravel Story
News12 Brooklyn picked up on the our story about the new gravel in Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 1. No mention of us, but all the points brought up in the post and in your comments basically make the cut! Glad we could help!
Eagle’s Holt on Brooklyn Bridge Park History
The Brooklyn Eagle’s Dennis Holt writes about the making of Brooklyn Bridge Park:
Brooklyn Eagle: There will be books written someday about the long history of this park, and hopefully someone will have access to all the archival information. There are two main time periods and they could be called Before Connor and After Connor.
The first period was when the idea for a waterfront park first surfaced which was born when the Port Authority, owner then of Piers 1 through 6 (and the rest of the piers down to Red Hook) wanted to fill up the piers with houses. After a great deal of effort, the Brooklyn Heights Association turned the threat away. But one of those participants knew that threat or others would reappear. Thus the idea of Brooklyn Bridge Park came about.
The Before Connor period was filled with lots of talk, studies, park concepts and the like, but nothing substantial happened. Then State Senator Martin Connor, supported fully by then Borough President Howard Golden, got sufficient state funding to create professional and citizen study groups to determine whether a broad park was really feasible, what kind of park it could be, and what kind of money was involved.
Do you think he’s on the mark here?
Dude Abides at BBP’s Movies with a View
It was really crowded at Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 1 last night for the latest in the Movies with a View series The Big Lebowski. I swung by for about 5 minutes and noticed a couple of things – the movie volume seemed very low and the flora and fauna smelled really funny. TK Small comments:
Last night I took a stroll down to the film at Pier 1 and I am wondering about the experience of others if they went. Although I was a little bit late in arriving and knew it would be crowded, I was slightly overwhelmed, but overall it was fun. Perhaps because of the movie, there were a lot of hippie/trustafarians, but the expected cloud of pot smoke never materialized.
And Karl Junkersfeld reports back with a video that maybe only the Dude and Jesus would truly understand. After the jump. (more…)
Pier 1′s Night at the Opera
BHB’s Karl Junkersfeld reports on last night’s Metropolitan Opera event at Pier 1. The singers, in order of appearance, are: Christopher Magiera (baritone), Susanna Phillips (soprano) and Michael Fabiano (tenor), accompanied by pianist Jonathan Kelly.
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