waterfront volume 10, issue 1 matters fall 2008 Put On Your Hardhats Brooklyn Bridge Park Construction Is Under Way

xcavators roared onto Pier 1 early in the morning on Thursday, February 13, 2008, and broke ground on the Piers section of Brooklyn Bridge Park. E Over the spring and summer, the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation (BBPDC), has demolished almost all the remaining pier sheds, the Purchase Building, and a number of upland

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Summer ’08 @ Pier 1 welcomed 192,675 visitors. See page 3. © J u l i e n n e S c h a e r 2 waterfront matters fall 2008 A View from the Bridge © J u l i e n n

he time for Brooklyn Bridge Park is now. Conservancy’s board since 2002. e S c h

Incredibly, despite the recent economic gyrations, We’re also pleased to welcome Kara a e T r Brooklyn Bridge $47 million in park construction has begun in Hailey, an Associate at Cleary Gottlieb Park Conservancy earnest. We should see the Brooklyn Bridge Park Develop- Steen & Hamilton LLP, to the board. ment Corporation complete three significant sections of our Despite these significant steps, great challenges remain Board of Directors park by the end of 2009. By 2 01 3, two thirds of Brooklyn for Brooklyn Bridge Park and the Conservancy. Bridge Park should be open to the public. We are facing difficult economic times. While sufficient David Kramer, Chair It is truly amazing and a tribute to a compelling vision funds are committed to build two thirds of the park, we will H. Claude Shostal, Vice Chair for our extraordinary Brooklyn waterfront and the continu - need to be vigilant to ensure that money remains committed. Tensie Whelan, Vice Chair ing renaissance of New York City. And a confirmation of our And we will need to be tenacious in advocating for addition - mantra, “if you come, they will build it.” al government monies and seeking private philanthropy to Marc Agger Over the past 10 years, the Conservancy, in partnership fund the completion of the park. Mark Baker with the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation, More immediately, just as the Purchase Building was Lisa Barlow State Parks, and City Parks, has attracted over 500,000 visitors demolished this spring to open a major connection between to the beginnings of Brooklyn Bridge Park. Visitors have the piers to the DUMBO waterfront, we learned that the New Kent Barwick enjoyed free activities ranging from The Floating Pool at York City Department of Transportation wants to use this site Nancy Bowe Brooklyn Bridge Park Beach, to movies, music, dance, boat - as a staging ground for the rehabilitation of the Brooklyn Penelope Christophorou ing, and fitness classes, creating a vital constituency that has Bridge for the next four to six years. Joined by our elected helped propel Brooklyn Bridge Park forward. officials and local community groups, the Conservancy has Dick Dadey Last summer alone, 270,000 people joined us to enjoy strongly protested, urging DOT to consider several other Stephen Dietz our growing waterfront park. We welcomed over 192,000 alternative sites for its staging needs. Martine Guerrier visitors to “Summer ’08 @ Pier 1.” The temporary “pop-up” The Conservancy will also be closely monitoring State Kara Hailey park provided people with a small, but exciting, preview of DOT plans to repair the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway’s the future piers section of Brooklyn Bridge Park. “triple cantilever” beneath the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. Rachel Hines The Conservancy is working with the Development Although this work is years away, we need to plan now to Timothy J. Ingrassia Corporation to provide future interim and permanent pro - minimize construction impacts upon Brooklyn Bridge Park. Irene Janner gramming in the piers area. We are also developing a plan so With that, we recognize that the BQE rehabilitation can bring that programming can be integrated into the park construc - opportunity, including alterations that could reduce traffic Kenneth Leung tion schedule, working on guidelines for appropriate uses, noise in the park and the possibility of opening a pedestrian Constance Roosevelt and exploring how to fund the costs of providing education, tunnel from the Clark Street subway station to create direct Peter Stern recreation, and cultural activities. public transportation access to the park. Diana Taylor We are also stepping up our education programming. So, it truly is the best of times and the worst of times. With generous federal support from Congresswoman Nydia But Brooklyn Bridge Park is being built, and we should enjoy Gary VanderPutten Velázquez, the Conservancy is partnering with CMRC and knowing that our hard work will make a difference in the Alexander Zagoreos CUE to provide underserved young people with year-round future of New York City, even as we face some of the most education programs focusing on marine ecology and the economically challenging times of our lives. Directors Emeritus history of the Brooklyn waterfront. John Watts, Chair Emeritus Closer to home, we’re pleased to announce that David Kramer has stepped up to Chair of the Conservancy’s Board David Offensend, ARIANNA OVAL of Directors. David succeeds Tensie Whelan, who chaired the M K , President Vice Chair Emeritus

President Marianna Koval The Grass Is Greener on Our Side of the Bridge!

e hope you’ve noticed that the Main through even the Street section of Brooklyn Bridge Park hottest days of Wis cleaner and greener these days. August. That’s thanks to the teamwork of City That’s all in

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District Manager Lena Neglia stepped up City Parks’ Team volunteers h a e efforts this year, assigning a dedicated worker to the Main (see page 4!) who r Street park for daily cleaning and maintenance. Going weeded, planted, City Parks worker Lamont Atkins, volunteer Hal Steele, Conservancy Stewardship Coordinator Kara Gilmour, forward, City Parks will be working closely with the Con- mulched, cleaned, City Parks District 2 Manager Lena Neglia, and City Waterfront Matters servancy on more effective trash pick-up and an aggres - filled the sandbox, Parks Brooklyn Borough Commissioner Julius Spiegel. Editor: Nancy Webster sive rodent control program in the heavily-used park. improved the dog Photographers: Etienne Frossard, run, and more, at the Main Street park. Julienne Schaer, This summer, DUMBO resident Hal Steele devoted and Zerine Philip hundreds of hours to repairing and maintaining the Thank you Team Brooklyn Bridge Park. park’s sprinkler system, keeping the grass lush and green 3 waterfront matters SUMMER ’08 @ P IER 1: fall 2008 The “Pop-Up” Park

ore than 192,000 visitors from Brooklyn, Given the schedule of site demolition, the space on New York, and around the world got a pre - the end of Pier 1 was able to be used on an interim basis Mview of Brooklyn Bridge Park this summer without impeding park construction. The Brooklyn at a small, temporary park constructed on Bridge Park Development Corporation will begin actual Pier 1, near Fulton Ferry Landing. park construction of Pier 1 this fall. Affectionately known as the “pop-up park,”the 26,000 square foot site was designed by landscape architect Susannah Drake’s dlandstudio and contained a café run by RICE restaurant, along with picnic tables, benches, landscaping with trees, Brooklyn’s largest sandbox, and playful grass mounds. Visitors enjoyed picture-perfect views of the Manhattan skyline, New York Harbor, and views of all four of “The New York City Waterfalls” by Olafur Eliasson, which was presented by the Public Art Fund in collaboration with the City of New York. The “pop-up” park was funded by the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation (BBPDC) and constructed in six short weeks by Skanska USA on a shoestring budg - et of $ 100,000. The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy managed the temporary park, and concession revenues © J covered the park’s maintenance and operations. u l i e n n e

A summer hotspot for local families and tourists alike, S c h a e the park was initially slated to close Labor Day weekend, r but proved so popular that the BBPDC and the Con- servancy decided to extend its operations through Visitors to Pier 1 came from over 440 different zip codes Sunday, September 28. “We were so thrilled with the success of Summer ’08 • 21% came from 11201 (the adjoining neighborhoods) @ Pier 1,” said Regina Myer, President of the Brooklyn • 23% came from elsewhere in Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation. “Pier 1 proved to • 14% came from elsewhere in New York City be a magnificent destination for Brooklynites, New Yorkers and tourists, and allowed people to experience • 17% came from the rest of the United States the beauty and incredible views of the New York Harbor.” • 25% came from 52 foreign countries A free shuttle bus from the Borough Hall and High Street subway stations transported riders to Pier 1 on the weekends. The shuttle was run by the Downtown “We had a spectacular summer at Pier 1,” said Brooklyn Waterfront Local Development Corporation Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy President Marianna (LDC) and funded by Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez, Koval. “Visitors from across New York City, and around as part of a study the LDC is conducting on transportation the world, came to this temporary park on the waterfront access to the park . and got a taste of how magnificent Brooklyn Bridge Park Some components from the temporary park are being will be.” reused in existing sections of Brooklyn Bridge Park. Sod SUMMER ’08 @ PIER 1 opened under the partnership of the Brooklyn and perennials have been replanted in the Main Street sec- Bridge Park Development Corporation and the Brooklyn Bridge Park tion of the park. Benches have been moved to the dog run Conservancy, along with the State of NewYork and the City of NewYork. in DUMBO. Other items will be stored over the winter Shuttle operations were provided by the Downtown BrooklynWaterfront Local with the hope of use at another interim site next summer. Development Corporation with funding by Congresswoman NydiaVelázquez. 4 waterfront matters fall 2008 2008: A Record Year!

From Pier 1, to the NYC Waterfalls, to the waters underneath the Manhattan Bridge, there was fun at every turn in Brooklyn Bridge Park

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of Brooklyn Bridge s s a r O d Park this year to enjoy free public programs facilitated by the Conservancy. Working with City and State Parks, and the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation, the Conservancy produced or co- produced over 60 events this season, kicking off with the popular Spring Fling Egg Hunt in March and wrap - ping up with a fall Harvest Festival. This year we added more education Sand Shrimp, Northern Pipefish, Winter Flounder, Green Crab, Atlantic Tomcod, Atlantic Silversides, and programming to the calendar, with Striped Bass were among the catch under the Manhattan Bridge at SEINING workshops for kids. seining workshops for children and

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watching workshops with Audubon s t e New York. r We teamed up with local venues to produce a new music series that showcased Brooklyn’s thriving music scene. And we assisted the Mayor’s Office and the Brooklyn Borough President’s Office in celebrating the Brooklyn Bridge’s 125th birthday. © Z e

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groups who offered kayaking and i l i p rowing in the cove between the The 4th Annual BROOKLYN HIP HOP COVE CAMP returned, with 231 youths study - bridges for the first time. FESTIVAL drew 5,000 folks to a day of family ing the waters off Brooklyn Bridge Park. As always, it was all free! activities and live performances. © E

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e Conservancy to put in over 3,400 hours caring for Brooklyn Bridge Park. F r o s s a r d Thank you to all GREEN TEAM volunteers and supporters.

Affinia Hotel, Tracy Warrell & AHRA, Amani Alexander, American Littoral Society, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Jennifer Benn, Karin Block, Robert Cerqua, Jerome Jordan & Clara Barton School, Cortney Worrall & Cynthia Fawx of Coastal Marine Resource Center, D.E. Shaw Group, DePaw NY Alumni, Georgetown Alumni, David Glass, Goldman, Sachs & Co, Gowanus Nursery, Marta Guimaraes, Kathy Gurland, Tiffany Haynes, Kid Create, Kamel Lyons, KPMG, Linda Marcellino, Rachel Mantis, Malcom Massey, Laura Piil & Meet Up, Carolyn Murphy, New York University, Sarah Sampong & NYCares, NYFD Explorers, NYPD Explorers, One Brick, OwnEnergy, Packer Collegiate Institute, Pratt Art Institute, Zerina Phillip, Sylvia Patterson & PS77, Abe Ammory & PS307 Team Green, Gina Reneau, Kat Selvocki, Sylvia Colleen Smallfield, St. Josephs College, Hal & Sheree Steele, Sara Stopek, Stuyvesant High School, Nina & Elena Terhune, Dakota West, Yeshiva Flatbush. © E

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25,000 film buffs enjoyed a season-long double feature: MOVIES WITH A VIEW along with close- up views of Olafur Eliasson’s NYC Waterfalls . C o u r t e s y o f R e d H o o k B o a t e r s

DUMBO’s Fitness Guru studio led Pilates classes in the WATERFRONT WORKOUTS series. © E t i e n n e F r o s

Children and adults alike took to the water at KAYAKING AND BOATING workshops facilitated by the s a r Gowanus Dredgers, Red Hook Boaters, Downtown Boathouse, and the Village Community Boathouse. d © J u l i e n n e

We couldn’t have S c h a e done it without you! r Thank you to our government and programming partners and our key volunteers this past season. Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and the Natural Heritage Trust, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation • Al Duvall, Audubon New York, AudraRox, Auster Events, Barbès, Bridge Apothecary, Brooklyn Bodega, Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn Children’s Museum, Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Radio, Brooklyn Tourism, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, brownstoner.com, Cal Patch & Kim Hamlin, Charles Gayle Trio, Coastal Marine Resource Center, Colin Stetson, Dave Hill, The Downtown Boathouse, The Downtown Brooklyn Waterfront Local Development Corporation, DUMBO Arts Center, DUMBO Improvement District, DUMBO Parents Organization, 84th Precinct, Equinox Fitness, The Fitness Guru, French Kicks, Fresh Air Flicks, Galapagos Art Space, The Gowanus Dredgers, Half Pint John Zorn’s COBRA appeared at MUSIC AT THE Citizens, Headlights, The Heights Players, ISSUE Project Room, BRIDGE, in an evening curated by ISSUE Project Room. Jacques Torres Chocolates, Jalopy, John Zorn’s Cobra, Jonathan Kane’s February, Las Rubias Del Norte, Mandingo Ambassadors, Mayor’s Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting, Music First Productions, Nancy Hardy Insurance, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, New York Transit Museum, The Onion, The Otis Brothers, Parker String Quartet, The Public Art New York, and the world, wished the BROOKLYN Fund, The Red Hook Boaters, RICE Restaurant, Rob Reddy’s Tenfold, SCI FI Channel, Secret Science Club, Securitas, Sharon BRIDGE a happy 125 th BIRTHDAY over Memorial Van Etten, Starbucks, Stuart Bogie’s Superhuman Happiness, Day weekend. Theremin Society, Tiny Masters of Today, Transportation Alternatives, Union Hall, The Village Community Boathouse, White Bird Productions, The Wiyos, Zebulon • MWAV volunteer commit - tee: Shelley Brathwaite, Jahmila Joseph, Lizz Karp, Anne Knauer, Howard Liebowitz, Mary Mauro, Taneka Morris, Amani Newton, Allison Prete, Marc Scarpelli, Amy Sirot, James Spiegelberg, Did you miss one of our free events? Andrew Stengel, Valerie Strait, Hilary Tholen, Lissa Wolfe • Ongoing public support is provided by Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez, State Senator Martin Connor, State Senator Marty Sign up for e-news reminders at: Golden, Assembly Member Joan Millman, Assembly Member Hakeem Jeffries, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and the New York City Council including Council Member Bill de Blasio, Council www.brooklynbridgepark.org. Member Letitia James, Council Member David Yassky, and the Brooklyn Delegation of the Council. 6 waterfront matters fall 2008 CONSTRUCTION , from page 1

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An uplands connection, including the main walkway Phase ⁄: 66% of the Park Complete by 2013 and bikeway, between Piers 1 and 6 will open in 2 011, allowing access from one end of the park to the other The Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation held while the remaining uplands are under construction. Pier a public meeting on June 30, 2008, to announce the park 5 is scheduled to open by the end of 2 011. The uplands construction schedule. Phase 1 extends through 2 01 3 and sections of Piers 5 and 3 will open in 2 01 2 and 2 01 3. At includes the construction of the area underneath the this point 66% of Brooklyn Bridge Park will be complete Brooklyn Bridge extending to the current Empire-Fulton and open to the public. Ferry State Park (Brooklyn Bridge Plaza), Piers 1, 5, and a Piers 2 and 3 are awaiting further funding and are not portion of Pier 6, and the uplands including the Pier 4 included in the Phase 1 schedule. beach and tidal pool at Pier 2. In October, the BBPDC awarded the first Phase 1 con - Park Design struction contract to Skanska USA, which oversaw the site demolition. The $47 million contract for the development Phase 1 park design has continued to be refined under of Pier 1 and the Old Fulton Street entrance includes the leadership of BBPDC President Regina Myer. 1,300 feet of promenade along the East River, 2.5 acres of Pier 1’s spectacular Harbor View and Bridge View lawn with sweeping views of New York Harbor and the lawns will be joined by a new, small playground on the Brooklyn Bridge, and the first portion of the Brooklyn pier’s northwest corner. The existing Squibb Park play - Greenway borough-long bike path. Pier 1 includes 700 ground, located between the park and the Brooklyn trees, water gardens, and a playground, plus a number of Heights Promenade, will be connected to Brooklyn sustainable initiatives such as underground water storage Bridge Park by a pedestrian bridge. tanks, and a series of “river steps” overlooking the harbor. Pier 6 will feature areas of natural landscaping, a sand These steps will be constructed from salvaged granite volleyball court, a café, and magnificent views of the har - from the Roosevelt Island Bridge. bor. A major new playground will be built at the foot of When the Pier 1 area is complete in 2009, 9.5 acres of Atlantic Avenue on the uplands. The playground will new park will join the 12 acres already open between the include a water play area, slides, a swing valley, a tot lot, Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges. and a marsh exploratory garden. Additional construction contracts will be awarded in Pier 5 remains devoted to field sports and recreation the coming weeks for Brooklyn Bridge Plaza, a portion of and will contain three multipurpose sports fields, each of Pier 6, and the Pier 6 uplands, which are scheduled to which is the size of a soccer field. open by the winter of 2009. On their completion, 33% of The uplands will contain walking and biking paths, Brooklyn Bridge Park, including 16.7 acres of new park - places to picnic, and access to the water. land, will be open. A new “picnic peninsula” on the uplands of Pier 5 will create a unique riverfront setting for picnic tables, barbeque facilities, and family recreation. Phase 1 of Brooklyn Bridge Park will contain: A beach in the Pier 4 uplands, a tidal pool in the Pier 2 uplands, and a water access ramp by Pier 1 will •5 miles of promenades and walkways offer visitors direct access to the water. •6.8 acres of multipurpose lawns Concessions will be located throughout the park. •4 acres of meadow Cafés will be located on Pier 6, the uplands between Piers •1.9 acres of playground 4 and 5, and near Fulton Ferry Landing. Additional con - cession facility opportunities may be located at the Pier 6 •685 benches entrance and at the Pier 1 entrance. •1950 new trees North of the Brooklyn Bridge Brooklyn Bridge Plaza PHASE 1 BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK

Pier 1 Entrance Pier 1 Overhead Pier 2 Uplands and Tidal Pool

Pier 4 and Beach Pier 5 Picnic Peninsula Pier 5 Recreation Fields

Pier 6 Playgrounds Pier 6 Entrance Pier 6 Overhead

Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc. Landscape Architects, P.C. © 2008 Phase 1 Completion Timeline: Fall 2009 – Spring 2013

FALL 2011 Pier 5 Recreation Fields Connective Promenade Pier 5 Picnic Peninsula Pier 4 Beach

FALL 2009 Bridge View Lawn North SUMMER 2010 Brooklyn Bridge Plaza Pier 2 Uplands Pier 1 Entrance and Tidal Pool Pier 1

WINTER 2009 FALL 2012 SPRING 2013 Pier 6 Pier 5 Uplands Pier 3 Uplands Pier 6 Playgrounds Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc. Landscape Architects, P.C. April 2008 © E t i e n

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