Havemeyer Park opens bike park, urban farm, green space to the public
It’s all about the experience.
At the newly opened Havemeyer Park in Williamsburg, located on Site E of the Domino Sugar property on Kent Avenue between South 3rd and South 4th Streets, in the shadow of the Williamsburg Bridge, park-goers can learn how to ride bicycles on specially-designed and landscaped mini sand dunes and trails in the bike park, walk along a multi-use trail with their family, play a game of Frisbee on a grassy field, smell the flowers and pick their own vegetables from the raised soil beds of North Brooklyn Farms, read a book in the soon-to-open open-air library, or enjoy a snack from one of the boxcar-housed mobile food vendors while picnicking in the grass.
Open to the public for at least the next year, the 55,000 square foot space is a rare sight in Brooklyn or anywhere urban, much less in North Brooklyn, which has a dearth of open and green space, especially considering the size of its population.