“Jane’s Carousel”, the 1920s vintage merry-go-round restored under the auspices of Jane Walentas, wife of developer David Walentas, and now housed in a building on Water Street in DUMBO, is slated to be moved across the street and into what is now Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, itself to be incorporated into Brooklyn Bridge Park, sometime […]
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Brooklyn Bridge Park Events in May
The small completed portion of Brooklyn Bridge Park and its neighbor, Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, both located on the East River waterfront between the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, in DUMBO, will be hosting two events in May. On Thursday afternoon, May 7, there will be an opportunity to explore the Parks’ wildflowers and other plant […]
Squadron Re-0pens DUMBO Park Entrance
For almost a year, the main entrance to the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, at Water and Dock Streets in DUMBO, has been closed. This followed the discovery of a crack in the facade of the nineteenth century Empire Stores warehouse which adjoins the path near the main entrance. The facade has now been stabilized and, […]
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