VIDEO: Brooklyn Bridge Park cuts the green ribbon to open 3.4 acres at Pier 5
Now there’s more of Brooklyn Bridge Park (BBP) to love. On Thursday officials cut the ribbon to open 3.4 new acres of lawns, a shaded picnic grove and meandering paths around a grassy sound-blocking berm, nestled in the uplands just east of the Picnic Peninsula at Pier 5.
This brings the park’s construction to more than 80 percent complete, BBP said in a statement Thursday. The underlying design principal is to provide a “restful counterpoint to the activities at the adjacent Pier 5 sports fields and Picnic Peninsula,” the park said.
What follows is a statement from BBP: