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Domino Park will open in June on Williamsburg waterfront

Check out these fresh photos of recreation area built by Two Trees Management

April 5, 2018 By Lore Croghan Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Welcome to Domino Park. The Williamsburg waterfront recreation area will open this June. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan
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Come walk for the first time through Domino Park.

There are 80-foot-tall cranes and 36-foot-high syrup tanks, a waterfront esplanade — and playground equipment that looks like a miniature sugar refinery.

Two Trees Management is thisclose to completing the privately funded construction of the six-acre shoreline recreation area at its Domino Sugar Refinery mega-development in Williamsburg. The park will open to the public in June.

By then, lawns will be planted. Bocce courts, a sand volleyball court and a dog run will be built.

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The developer spent tens of millions of dollars to construct the nearly finished park, Two Trees Management’s David Lombino said during a press tour on Thursday.

And the developer will hire and pay a staff to maintain the park, he said.

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There’s a dearth of open space in Brooklyn Community District 1, Lombino said. The area includes Williamsburg and Greenpoint.

The other tour leader was Lisa Switkin, a senior principal of James Corner Field Operations, which designed Domino Park. This landscape architecture firm was the lead designer of the High Line in the Meatpacking District and Chelsea.

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Margaritaville on the East River

A key feature of Domino Park is the Artifact Walk, with a 450-foot-long elevated walkway and machinery salvaged from Domino’s sugar plant, which closed in 2004.

Another noteworthy feature of Domino Park is a kiosk where Shake Shake’s creator Danny Meyer will operate an eatery called Tacocina. It will serve tacos — and margaritas.

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Meyer has already obtained a liquor license for it, Lombino said.

Domino Park stretches along the edge of the East River for a quarter-mile between Grand Street and South 5th Street. The south end of the park is near the Williamsburg Bridge.

The park is situated alongside parcels of land where apartment buildings are under construction or planned — plus a landmarked 1880s refinery at 292-314 Kent Ave. that will be rebuilt as an office and retail complex.

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Two Trees Management has been working on the 11-acre Domino project for several years — but has several more years of work to do.

The developer is honoring a commitment to Williamsburg residents to construct Domino Park before completing any buildings along the waterfront.  

Two Trees Management has finished constructing a building that’s on the upland side of Kent Avenue.

The 522-unit rental-apartment complex at 325 Kent Ave. was designed by SHoP Architects. It has 104 affordable apartments for low-income tenants.   

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