City Planning Commissioner Amanda Burden is expected to leave office when a new mayor is inaugurated next year. According to Crain’s New York Business, among those considered likely candidates to succeed her is Brooklyn Bridge Park President Regina Myer. The Crain’s article notes: Ms. Myer has received accolades for her work on Brooklyn Bridge Park, […]
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Opposition Mounts Over BBP John Street Residential Complex
Not so fast… Brooklyn Bridge Park’s request for proposals to develop a waterfront residential complex along a 9,600sf vacant lot on DUMBO’s John Street—now owned by ConEd and being bought by the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corp.—has already met with formidable opposition. Local politicos and community members are raising concerns about flooding, according to the […]
Brooklyn Bridge Park Field House Fosters More Criticism & Doubt
This time it’s The New York Times that’s weighing in on the increasingly controversial $40 million Field House proposed for Brooklyn Bridge Park. In a lengthy story titled “A $40 Million Gift, a Proposed Bike Arena and Now Skepticism in Brooklyn,” writer Lisa Foderaro ventures that Joshua P. Rechnitz’s pledge to build a field house […]
BBP & Bossert To Be Addressed At Brooklyn Real Estate Roundtable
The Brooklyn Historical Society will host a Brooklyn Real Estate Roundtable Luncheon, on Tuesday, August 7, from noon to 2 p.m. Among those scheduled to speak are Clipper Equities principal David Bistricer, who will outline his vision for redevelopment of the Bossert Hotel into a boutique hospitality property; and Regina Myer, Brooklyn Bridge Park president, […]
Brooklyn Bridge Park Pool Opens Friday, July 6
We’ve received word from the office of State Senator Daniel Squadron that the “pop-up-pool” near Pier 2 in Brooklyn Bridge Park will open Friday morning, July 6, at 9:45 a.m. The Senator will be there, along with Park President Regina Myer, Park Conservancy Executive Director Nancy Webster, Assemblywoman Joan Millman, City Council Member Steve Levin […]
Brooklyn Bridge Park’s ‘Sunset Bhangra’
On Thursday evening your correspondent donned rain-ready togs before heading down to Pier 1 at Brooklyn Bridge Park for the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy’s Sunset Bhangra party, but the weather proved benign, as the rain that threatened stayed just to our north. People kept coming in droves; fortunately, food and drink were plentiful, and good. […]
Mr. J Shows He’s the “J” in Cajun.
A little rain couldn’t keep Karl and his cam away from the Zydeco Dance Party tonight on Pier 1. Watch his video after the jump to see the way to dance the two-step and hear some swampland sounds by Jesse Lége & Bayou Brew. Will Brooklyn Bridge Park Prexy Regina Myer get on the dance […]
BHA, Other Groups Settle with City and State over Park Land
Last year, neighborhood and preservation organizations, including the Brooklyn Heights Association, prevailed in lawsuits in both federal and state courts in which they contested the actions of the National Park Service and the city and state governments to transfer the Tobacco Warehouse site from Brooklyn Bridge Park for use as a new home for St. […]
Brooklyn Bridge Park Secures $66.5M From NYC, Plus A $40M Rec Facility Donation
At last, some positively spectacular news about the progress of Brooklyn Bridge Park. First, Park President Regina Myer announced Thursday that Joshua Rechnitz, Founder & Chairman of the non-profit New York City Fieldhouse, has offered $40 million for the design & construction of a year-round, multi-use recreation facility near Pier 5. This represents one of […]
Report on Park Progress at CB2 Committee Meeting Monday Evening
Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation President Regina Myer, or a representative, will report on recent and pending changes to the Park at a meeting of Community Board 2’s Parks and Recreation Committee, to be held this coming Monday, March 19, starting at 6:00 p.m., in Dining Rooms A&B (off of the cafeteria) at Brooklyn Hospital, 121 […]
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