Many BHB readers have asked about Squibb Park Bridge, which has been closed – ostensibly due to the construction of the Pierhouse – for the last few weeks. Now comes word from Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Belinda Cape that there’s another issue as well:
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So How Do People Feel About Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Bouncy Bridge?
The Brooklyn Eagle took time to survey folks – tourists and Brooklynites – on their thoughts about the Squibb Bridge aka ‘Bouncy Bridge’ (and we thought preschooler Fink was the only who called it that, silly Homer!).
More Walk Photos: Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Bridge Park, and Fulton Ferry Historic District
The showy tulips, daffodils, and purple irises of May are gone from the Promenade Gardens, but these pretty red and white blossoms were, like June, bustin’ out. Crossing the Pedestrian bridge from Squibb Park, I noticed that preliminary work appears to be underway for the Pierhouse hotel and condo complex. I shot this crossing the […]
Squibb Park Bridge Opening: Avalanche Of Media Coverage
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 […]
New Pics Of Squibb Park Bridge: Almost Complete
The Squibb Park Bridge, which will provide Brooklyn Heights its best access to Brooklyn Bridge Park, is rounding the corner toward completion. Fresh pics from earlier this week follow. It is scheduled to officially open in March. (CT)
Update On BBP’s Squibb Park Bridge [VIDEO]
Our Karl Junkersfeld has posted a spanking fresh video on the latest progress on Brooklyn Bridge Park’s all-wood Squibb Park Bridge, which will link the Heights to the park, just below Columbia Heights near the path that leads from Middagh Street. The final section walkways have now been installed and railings are up. Scheduled completion: […]
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.)
Karl on Squibb Park Bridge Progress
Mr. J. is a fan of all things Brooklyn Bridge Park. In the video (see after the jump) he’s given us some glimpses of progress in construction of the pedestrian bridge that will connect Squibb Park, just below Columbia Heights near the path that leads from Middagh Street, with Brooklyn Bridge Park. The poured concrete […]
DUMBO’s Brooklyn Bridge Park Entrance Vies To Become Pedestrian Plaza
While there’s hardly a similar open space in Brooklyn Heights, the DUMBO Improvement District is proposing an intriguing option: to close off traffic along Anchorage Place—which serves as the north entrance to Brooklyn Bridge Park—and turn it into a pedestrian plaza. A hearing on the plan was held Wednesday eve to air both sides of […]
Squibb Park Bridge Begins Build-Out
Construction has begun in earnest on the Squibb Park Bridge that will connect Brooklyn Heights from Columbia Heights across Furman Street to Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier One. It was a month ago that we first noted fencing being opened up for its first stage of build-out. The Squibb bridge is slated for completion this summer. […]
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