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S 9th St 9th S Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway Inlet Park East River Heights Park Coney Island Avenue Greenway Design Principles Wythe Brooklyn Waverly State Park Lafayette Navy Atlantic Ave. ¶ When completed, the proposed Brooklyn Waterfront Vanderbilt This artist’s rendering Yard Myrtle Ocean Parkway Greenway will be a 14-mile safe, landscaped, off-street path Flushing Ave. Fulton St. shows a possible completed Williamsburg Adelphi Dekalb connecting neighbors and neighborhoods to four major parks Bridge segment of the proposed Atlantic Windsor and over a dozen local open spaces on Brooklyn’s historic wa- East Wallabout Ft. Greene Terminal Greenway. The design ob- River Bay Park Terrace jective for most of the route terfront. Separate paths for bicycles and pedestrians will allow Commodore Ft. Greene Park Slope 7th Ave. cyclists and joggers as well as families and friends out for a sun- Barry Park Fort Hamilton Parkway is a 30-ft wide, continuous, Flatbush Ave. Kensington set stroll to exercise and relax at the water’s edge. In addition, Manhattan Navy Downtown landscaped, off-street space Navy St. Hudson Brooklyn 3rd with separate paths for the Greenway will serve as an important transportation route Plymouth Water 5th Ave. Vinegar Prospect Expressway John Gold Boerum for commuters seeking alternatives to automobiles. 9th bikes and pedestrians. The Main Street Hill York St. Schermerhorn Hill City Park Fulton MallLivingston nature and design charac- ¶ Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, Inc. (BGI) Front St. Hoyt Jay 15th Greenwood teristics will vary along the route, reflecting the unique character is a non-profit organization formed in 2004 Manhattan DUMBO Borough Smith Cemetery Bridge Bergen of Brooklyn’s waterfront communities. to plan and implement the Brooklyn Wa- Brooklyn Hall Washington Cadman Heights Boerum Gowanus terfront Greenway. BGI staff members and

Plaza Joralemon Canal Court 20th Empire- Park 18th volunteers have worked since 1998 to build Fulton Ferry Henry 22nd Clinton 24th and sustain the political, public, civic, and government part- State Park Cobble Smith Willow Montague Atlantic Ave. Hamilton Ave. Clark State Hill nerships necessary to create a continuous 14-mile waterfront Furman St. Hicks 4th Ave. Congress Carroll Borough Degraw 26th Sackett Smith St. greenway from Greenpoint to Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Fulton Kane Union Gardens 3rd Ave. 28th Park Brooklyn Ferry Summit Court St. 30th Bridge Clinton Sunset ¶ UPROSE, one of NYC’s most effective environmental jus- Landing Columbia St. Park 7th Ave. Brooklyn Red tice organizations, is facilitating a community-driven design Gowanus 32nd st. Bridge Park Columbia Waterfront Hook Red Bay 41st Dyker process for the Sunset Park Greenway-Blueway. It will include Van Brunt St. Hook 34th 42nd 44th 5th Ave. Planned Co ey Columbia Park 36th Heights extensive streetscape improvements, connecting Sunset Park, Ferry Stop Bay Sunset Park Dwight Brooklyn-Queens Expressway NYC’s largest walk-to-work community, to its waterfront. For Verona Halleck St. Park Conover St. 39th st. more information, please visit www.uprose.org. Pioneer Atlantic Basin 49th50th King Van Brunt 51st Please reuse this durable map by passing it on to someone else when you are Buttermilk Conover Coey 53rd Beard St. Erie through with it. The paper it is printed on is made from #5 (Polypropylene) Manhattan Channel Basin plastic. For more information, please visit www.yupo.com. Ferris St. Governors 60th ¶ Special thanks to Congresswoman ing hard so future visitors will enjoy Island 1st Ave. Nydia Velázquez; Office of Mayor a landscaped, off-street path but, for 58th St. 2nd Ave. Michael R. Bloomberg; Office of now, please keep your eye out for Pier Bush Terminal Brooklyn Borough President Marty potholes, errant drivers, and other Hudson Valentino 44 Piers & Park Park Markowitz; NYS Department of commonly-occurring urban street River State; NYC Departments of Trans- hazards. To report any dangerous Bay Ridge portation and Parks & Recreation street conditions please call 3-1-1 Owl’s and the NYC Economic Develop- from any phone. Erie Basin Head ment Corporation; Brooklyn Bridge ¶ Transportation Alternatives also Park Park Development Corporation and has many cycling maps, which can be Brooklyn Navy Yard Development found at www.transalt.org. The Waterfront Museum and Showboat Barge Erie Basin was built as the New York City transfer point for imports Corporation. and exports shipped via the Erie Canal. In 1861, it became a strategic ¶ For NY Water Taxi schedules, Red Hook Park Listed on the National Register Shore Parkway ¶ Take care as you navigate the location for ship repairs with the construction of the first of two graving maps and info: 212.742.1969 or of Historic Places, this unique Bush Terminal Piers and Park Gowanus Esplanade preliminary route of the Brooklyn www.nywatertaxi.com. The 58-acre Red Hook Park wooden vessel, located on Pier docks. Working barges and tugboats can still be found in Erie Basin, and Canal Waterfront Greenway. We are work- is a center of community 44 at the end of Conover Street, IKEA has implemented the greenway as part of Erie Basin Park. Constructed in 1902, Bush Terminal Funding life. Unique in the diversity was a thriving industrial complex which forFunding this for this map has beenAdditional provided support by the provided New York by Bikes is a compelling destination The Gowanus Canal was once consid- Belong Coalition, The Brenner Family of facilities it offers, the park included port facilities and a 21-mile mapCommunity is Trust and Inde- pendence Community Foundation. that provides access to the wa- ered the nation’s busiest commercial ca- provided Foundation, Merck Family Fund and includes handball courts, terfront while celebrating the rail system. Today, the city, state and fed- nal, and also its most polluted. Recent by: New York Foundation. soccer, baseball and football historic preservation of Brook- eral government are funding an environ- repairs to the canal’s flushing tunnel Brooklyn Greenway Initiative ¶ For more information about Brooklyn fields, a running track, the lyn’s industrial past. Open ev- mental cleanup and construction of the and a nearby sewage treatment plant 145 Columbia Street Greenway Initiative, and to join us in Red Hook Pool, Red Hook ery Thur. 4-8 pm and Sat. 1-5. planned Bush Terminal Park, which will brought back the fish, birds and boat- our efforts, please visit our website and Brooklyn, NY 11231 Community Farm, picnic ar- Groups anytime by appoint- include ballfields, a wetland wildlife area ers. Keep your eyes open for blue crabs, consider making a donation. Please send 718.522.0193 eas and some of New York’s ment. For more information, and an environmental education center. egrets and cormorants. Local enthu- comments, corrections or suggestions www.brooklyngreenway.org to:[email protected]. best Latin-American food call (718) 624-4719 or visit This 23-acre park will be served by the siasts have also seeded the canal with vendors. Sunset Park Greenway-Blueway. www.waterfrontmuseum.org. oysters. Prepared by: From the collection of B. 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Flushing Ave. Fulton St. Dekalb A User’s Guide to Guide User’s A Williamsburg Adelphi Bridge Atlantic Windsor East Wallabout Ft. Greene Terminal River Bay Park Terrace Commodore Ft. Greene Park Slope 7th Ave. Barry Park Fort Hamilton Parkway Flatbush Ave. Kensington Manhattan Navy Downtown Hudson Navy St. Brooklyn 3rd Plymouth Water 5th Ave. Vinegar Prospect Expressway John Gold Boerum 9th Main Street Hill York St. Schermerhorn Hill Newtown Creek City Park Fulton MallLivingston Front St. Hoyt Jay 15th Greenwood From the time its shores were Manhattan Cemetery Bridge DUMBO Borough Smith first settled, Newtown Creek has Brooklyn Hall Bergen Washington Cadman Heights Boerum Gowanus gone through a number of trans- Plaza Joralemon Canal Court 20th Brooklyn Navy Yard Empire- Park 18th formations, from farming and Fulton Ferry Henry 22nd Clinton 24th shipbuilding to oil refineries and State Park Cobble Smith Founded in 1801, the Brooklyn Navy Willow Montague Atlantic Ave. Hamilton Ave. Clark State Hill storage tanks, which contributed Furman St. Hicks 4th Ave. Congress Carroll Borough Yard was once America’s premier Degraw 26th Sackett Smith St. to the nation’s largest oil spill. Fulton Kane Union Gardens 3rd Ave. 28th Park shipbuilding facility, playing a crucial Summit is the second edition of R. Guskind Brooklyn Ferry Court St. 30th In your hands Today, cleanup efforts are under- Bridge Clinton Sunset 7th Ave. . role in wars, including WWII when Landing Columbia St. Park A User’s Guide to the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway way and new life is springing up along its shores, including includ- Brooklyn Red 75,000 people were employed at the Gowanus 32nd st. map includes all 14 miles of the preliminary on-street and ing a new waterfront park at the foot of Manhattan Avenue. Bridge Park Columbia Waterfront Hook Red Bay 41st Dyker yard’s shipbuilding and repair facili- Van Brunt St. Hook 34th 42nd off-street route, as well as the planned off-street greenway 36th 44th 5th Ave. Heights ties. The Brooklyn Navy Yard Devel- Planned Co ey Columbia Park along the Brooklyn waterfront from Greenpoint to Bay Ferry Stop Park Bay Brooklyn-Queens ExpresswaySunset opment Corporation now manages Dwight Ridge. Also identified on the map are some of Brooklyn’s The Working Waterfront History Verona Halleck St. Park Conover St. 39th st. this thriving 300-acre industrial park. Pioneer finest waterfront views, areas where you can get recharged Atlantic Basin 49th50th The Brooklyn waterfront, with its strategic location on New York From the collection of B. McCormick Brooklyn Bridge Park King Van Brunt 51st with food and water, connecting modes of transportation, Buttermilk Conover Coey 53rd Harbor, was a primary center of shipbuilding and waterborne com- Beard St. Erie and numerous current and future parks and open spaces. merce in the 19th and 20th century. The surrounding neighborhoods Bushwick Inlet Brooklyn Bridge Park is an 85-acre project that will transformManhattan 1.3 miles Channel Basin Printed on a durable, waterproof paper, this guide is envi- Atlantic Basin Ferris St. found success in printing, pottery-making, glassworks and metal cast- of industrial waterfront into recreational areas, restored habitats and play- 60th Bushwick Inlet was the launch site for the ironclad Civil War warship ronmentally friendly, recyclable, ultra-reusable and will endure ing, exporting goods around the world. This history survives in the grounds stretching from the Manhattan Bridge to Atlantic Ave. Three sec- Atlantic Basin, completed in 1847, has Governors . In 2005, the Greenpoint and Williamsburg waterfront was Island 1st Ave. all types of weather for years to come. This guide also helps to cobblestone streets and Civil War-era warehouses in DUMBO and USS Monitor tions are already in place: Fulton Ferry Landing, Empire-Fulton Ferry State been at the center of Brooklyn’s working 58th St. 2nd Ave. rezoned from industrial to residential, paving the way for a new waterfront connect Brooklyn’s past as a working waterfront to its future as a Red Hook. Park, and Main Street City Park. Pier 1 and Pier 6 will open in 2009-10. waterfront for over 150 years. That tra- Pier Bush Terminal dynamic public space. Exciting new activities and opportunities park. This 28-acre open space will include a waterfront esplanade, ball- Hudson Valentino 44 Piers & Park dition has continued with the opening Park are emerging along the northern Brooklyn waterfront, where for fields, a boathouse, a performance area, a beach and other amenities. of the BrooklynRiver Cruise Terminal, built nearly 100 years there were only four public access points to the to accommodate one of the Bay Ridge water’s edge. So, put on your running shoes, grab your wheels, world’s largest cruise ships, Owl’s and travel across the borough’s colorful history along the route Queen Mary 2. Redevelop- Head of the future Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway. And please con- ment plans are underway to Park sider contributing to Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, the non- create vibrant, new public profit organization that is leading the greenway effort and creat- and cultural spaces, a ferry BROWNSTONER.COM Shore Parkway ing a new relationship between Brooklyn and its waterfront. stop and better connections + Esplanade to the waterfront. THE BROOKLYN FLEA www.brooklyngreenway.org From the collection of B. McCormick From the collection of B. McCormick