Brooklyn Bridge Park

Brooklyn Bridge Park
View of the park from the Manhattan Bridge, 2019
Type	Urban park
Location	334 Furman Street Brooklyn Heights, New York 11201 United States
Coordinates	40°41′52″N 73°59′54″W / 40.69778°N 73.99833°W / 40.69778; -73.99833
Area	85 acres (34 ha)
Created	2010–2021
Designer	Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc.
Operated by	Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation
Open	6 a.m. to 1 a.m.
Status	Open
Website	www.BrooklynBridgePark.org

Brooklyn Bridge Park is an 85-acre (34 ha) park on the Brooklyn side of the East River in New York City. Designed by landscape architecture firm Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, the park is located on a 1.3-mile (2.1 km) plot of land from Atlantic Avenue in the south, under the Brooklyn Heights Promenade and past the Brooklyn Bridge, to Jay Street north of the Manhattan Bridge. From north to south, the park includes the preexisting Empire–Fulton Ferry and Main Street Parks; the historic Fulton Ferry Landing; and Piers 1–6, which contain various playgrounds and residential developments. The park also includes Empire Stores and the Tobacco Warehouse, two 19th-century structures, and is a part of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway, a series of parks and bike paths around Brooklyn.

The park's first portion, Pier 1, opened in 2010. The land for the park was formerly an industrial stretch of waterfront owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. After the city and state signed a joint agreement in 2002, site planning and project funding proceeded. The first work, undertaken in 2007, involved the demolition of a warehouse under the Brooklyn Bridge. Since the opening of Pier 1, several other portions of the park have been completed. The park was finished in December 2021. There have been disputes and lawsuits over several aspects of Brooklyn Bridge Park, including the construction of residential developments to help pay for the project.

Brooklyn Bridge Park is overseen by the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation, a not-for-profit organization that operates and maintains the park, as well as oversees its construction.^[1] The park is served by several bus, subway, and ferry routes.