The Brooklyn Heights Promenade, also called the Esplanade,[1] is a 1,826-foot (557 m)-long platform and pedestrian walkway cantilevered over the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (Interstate 278) in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York City, United States. With views of Lower Manhattan's skyline and the New York Harbor, it came about as the byproduct of competing proposals for the highway's route that were resolved in the midst of World War II. Actual construction came after the war. As a structure built over a roadway, the Promenade is owned by the NYCDOT and is not considered a park; however, NYC Parks maintains the entire Promenade.[2]
The Promenade runs from the west end of Remsen Street to the west end of Orange Street and can additionally be accessed from Montague Street and Pierrepont Place and the west ends of Pierrepont Street, Clark Street and Pineapple Street.[3]
- ^ "Middagh Street, Brooklyn Heights - Forgotten New York". forgotten-ny.com. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
- ^ "Brooklyn Heights Promenade, Text of Parks Dept Sign". Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- ^ Frost, Mary (January 31, 2019). "See it: Rendering of BQE 'Parallel Highway' plan released". Brooklyn Eagle. Retrieved June 17, 2021.