As reported by Kate Briquelet in The Brooklyn Paper, several local private schools–St. Francis College, Brooklyn Friends School, and Packer Collegiate Institute, along with unidentified others–have expressed their desire to see a regulation sized soccer field with a year-round bubble enclosure and accompanying facilities, built on Pier 5, Brooklyn Bridge Park. Ms. Briquelet quotes Doreen […]
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Gothamist to the Contrary Notwithstanding, You Won’t be Allowed to Smoke in Brooklyn Bridge Park
Last week, we reported on a city-wide ban on smoking in parks, which includes the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. We assumed this would also include Brooklyn Bridge Park, but today were surprised to see this: Gothamist: Luckily for those who still choose to look really cool and smell terrible, state parks are exempted from the ban […]
Sneak Preview of Pier 6
This afternoon, your correspondent joined a group of local residents and a few journalists, including writers from New York Magazine and The Brooklyn Paper, for a tour of the soon to be opened section of Brooklyn Bridge Park inland from Pier 6, near Furman Street and the foot of Atlantic Avenue. We were guided by […]
Preview Tours of Pier 6 Offered at Willowtown Fair Saturday
Two guided “sneak preview” tours of the Pier 6 portion of Brooklyn Bridge Park will be given at 1:00 and 1:30 p.m., respectively, this Saturday, May 15. The tours are free, but limited to 30 persons each, on a first-come first-served basis. To sign up, go to the Willowtown Fair, which opens at 11:30 a.m. […]
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