CASE STUDY 2

Brooklyn Bridge Park exemplifies the principles of the WEDG program to balance Parks and support access, resiliency, and ecology, and its high score reflects its designers and operators’ attention to sustainability. This award-winning, regional park serves Brooklyn over 4 million visitors each summer with robust programming and events for all types of Bridge uses and interests. The design elements found below contributed to its designation. Park associates associates

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michael michael Brooklyn Bridge Park is an 85-acre park stretching along the East River waterfront from Rehabilitation of piles throughout The park’s extensive use of native Atlantic Avenue to north of the Manhattan Bridge in DUMBO. the park increases its longevity and plants creates multiple habitats sustainability. Measures include pilot supporting a diverse range of designs such as pile encapsulation species. Stormwater collected from that reduces CO2 emissions and the park’s landscape and adjacent attracts marine life. buildings is circulated through a series of above-ground landscape A state-of-the art green marina elements that function as ecological with berthing for 120 boats of a treatment systems prior to entering variety of sizes will subsidize free and underground storage. The stored low-cost boating opportunities. water supplies much of the park’s Ten percent of the marina’s dock irrigation needs. space will be shared with community partners for kayaking, fishing, and Multiple beaches, get-downs, and sailing programs. launches bring people and their vessels to and into the water, a rarity Replacing vertical-walled in New York City. bulkheads with more permeable, resilient materials such as riprap The park includes extensive Site Selection & Planning /32 1 17 and vegetation encourages marine repurposing of salvaged materials. 2 Public Access & Interaction 64 /78 growth, increasing the diversity and Site structures were carefully availability of habitat for birds deconstructed so that materials Edge Resiliency /102 3 68 and other wildlife. could be reused in the park’s design. 4 Ecology & Habitat 48 /66 Materials repurposed from nearby NYC DOT and MTA projects can also Materials & Resources /39 5 26 be seen throughout the park. 6 Operations & Maintenance 16 /20

7 Innovation 5 /20

TOTAL 244 /357 Certification is at +130 Points