The opening of the 396-foot-long Squibb Park Bridge, which links Brooklyn Heights with Brooklyn Bridge Park, has fostered an avalanche of national media coverage—although, arguably, you read BHB’s on-the-spot coverage first and foremost, right? The New York Times weighs in via a story titled “A Zigzag Offers a More Direct Route to a Park,” as […]
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Squibb Park and Bridge Now Open in Brooklyn Heights
The opening of the Squibb Park Bridge, now updated with a new video by Karl Junkersfeld. Watch it after the jump.
Fall Photoville Pop-Up Village Previews With Summer 2013 Photo ‘Fence’
Photoville’s rustic pop-up village of shipping containers transformed into temporary exhibition spaces, which “adorned” Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 3 last fall, will return September 19–29. And once again, “The Fence,” which drew 1 million visitors over 10 weeks in 2012, will return this summer. The deadline for Fence photo submissions is coming up—April 15. “Photographers […]
Friends Of Fallen Photojournalist Chris Hondros Bid To Name BBP Meadow In His Honor
Brooklyn Bridge Park wants help naming a new meadow located near Pier 6. Although park officials are suggesting it be deemed after a bird or flower, there’s a bid for it to be named “The Christopher Hondros Memorial Meadow,” in memory of the fallen war photographer and former DUMBO resident. The idea was first raised […]
15th Eileen C. Dugan Memorial 5K Run: Saturday, April 6
The 15th Eileen C. Dugan Memorial 5K Fun Run will be held at the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy Saturday, April 6 beginning at 9 a.m. The 3.1-mile course spans Brooklyn Bridge Park, with start and finish lines at Pier 6 (Atlantic Avenue & Furman Street). Registration, through April 5, is available online at a cost […]
Update: Brooklyn Bridge Park Summer Concession Round-Up
Nature is nice, but more foodie concessions are coming to Brooklyn Bridge Park this summer! In February, BHB reported on a burgeoning line-up that includes: Brooklyn Bridge Wine Bar and Blue Marble Ice Cream at Pier 1; Calexico Carne Asada at the Main & Plymouth streets entrance in DUMBO; Fornino-The Art & Science of Pizza […]
Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 5 Comes To Life At Dusk
Here’s a sign of green things to come. Brooklyn Bridge Park’s five-acre Pier 5, which officially opened in December, was lighted at dusk Saturday night with folks kicking a ball around, as viewed from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. Imagine the increased signs of life once the temps turn warm. Good things on the way. The […]
Thugs Swipe $100,000 Of Solar Equipment From Brooklyn Bridge Park
Thieves swiped more than $100,000 in solar equipment donated to power vehicles and equipment in Brooklyn Bridge Park, including 24 solar panels and 30 storage-cell batteries. The goods were a gift to BBP in 2011 from Red Hook-based green-energy company Beautiful Earth Group. The New York Post reports that the charging station had been set […]
BBP Hotel & Residential Complex To Be Raised 3 Feet To Protect Against Flooding
Developers overseeing the planned hotel and residential complex near Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 1 close to Old Fulton Street want to raise both buildings by at least 3 feet to avoid potential flood damage from a future Hurricane Sandy, which devastated much of the surrounding DUMBO neighborhood. The development, which comprises a mixed use 159-apartment […]
BBP Launches Volunteer Docent Program To Lead Public Tours
Brooklyn Bridge Park is asking for volunteers to lead free public tours on weekends beginning in summer 2013. Its first Volunteer Docent Program “will play a crucial role in educating the public about Brooklyn Bridge Park,” according to BBP’s website. Tours will cover BBP’s design, history and ecology, and take place along the Pier 1 […]
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