As planned, Brooklyn Bridge Park’s $26 million, five-acre Pier 5 opened today, offering three multi-purpose sports fields and an adjacent picnic peninsula. A full-on politico brigade joined the festivities at 11 a.m. Thursday morning, including NYC Mayor Bloomberg, BBP President Regina Myer, Brooklyn Borough Prez Marty Markowitz and State Senator Daniel Squadron. Bloomberg offered, “The […]
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Take A Look At Me Now: BBP’s Pier 5
Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 5 celebrates its grand opening ceremony Thursday at 11 a.m. Here’s BHB’s look (below jump) at Pier 5 in March 2012 and Wednesday, December 12. The new Pier includes an astro turf sports field and “picnic peninsula.” (Photos: CT)
Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 5 to Have Grand Opening Thursday
Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 5 and its uplands, which will include sports fields and a “picnic peninsula,” will have its grand opening in a ceremony to begin at 11:00 a.m. this Thursday, December 13. Rumor has it that Hizzonor himself will make an appearance. All are invited, and refreshments will be served. If you plan […]
Park Progress
The Pier 5 upland now has a concession stand (left) and a playground (right) adjacent to the “Picnic Peninsula,” a long row of picnic tables sporting blue parasols. There’s now a stairway from the path that follows the Pier 1 upland to the soon to be installed pedestrian bridge connecting to Squibb Park and Columbia […]
Park Progress: Pier 5 and Squibb Park Bridge
Sunshades are being put up on the perimiter of Pier 5, seen here from the Promenade. Note also the blue parasols over the tables on the “Picnic Peninsula,” which is on the landward side of the pier. (Click on photo to enlarge; more photos and text after the jump.)
Billionaire Trumps Joshua Rechnitz’s $40 Million BBP Donation: $100M For Central Park
Philanthropist Joshua Rechnitz’s $40 million donation for the design & construction of a 115,000-square-foot year-round, multi-use recreation facility near Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 5 has been trumped. In April, when the Manhattan-based Founder & Chairman of the non-profit New York City Fieldhouse announced the gift, it was deemed the largest donation ever for a New […]
BBP’s Pier 5 Goes Green As It Readies For Fall Completion
As Brooklyn Bridge Park pushes for late Fall 2012 completion of Pier 5, there couldn’t be any greener a sign of progress than the artificial turf that was put in place over the past week. According to signage that lines the Promenade: “The 5-acre section, designed by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, will feature three synthetic […]
Green Concession Stand Lands At Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 5
A large crane lowered a fully constructed “green’ building” on Thursday near Pier 5 in Brooklyn Bridge Park, destined to become a series of concession stands. Constructed off-site, the structure will be clad in salvaged pine and feature a green roof to absorb rainwater, provide building insulation, create habitat for wildlife and help lower urban […]
BBP’s Pier 5 Showcased in October 6 ‘open-housenewyork Weekend’
To celebrate New York’s architecture & design, the 10th-annual “openhousenewyork Weekend” will allow access to hundreds of sites talks, tours, performances and family activities in neighborhoods throughout the five boroughs. Included in the event is a tour of Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 5, on Saturday October 6, from 2-3 p.m. Slated for (alleged) completion this […]
Controversy Continues Over Brooklyn Bridge Park Fieldhouse
Design for the 115,000-square-foot cycling & recreational Fieldhouse planned near Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 5 has been tweaked, with additional space for sports other than cycling and fewer spectator seats for cycling events, but critics still want to apply the brakes to the controversial project. Greg Brooks, executive director of New York City Fieldhouse Inc., […]
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