Design for new, shady park in Downtown Brooklyn approved after 12 years
It will be small and plunged into shadow for most of the day, but a new design for a long-delayed Downtown Brooklyn park was embraced by Community Board 2’s executive committee meeting Monday evening.
The committee voted unanimously to approve the plan for Willoughby Square Park, which works around the sunlight problems with low-light plantings, “sparkle” and a philosophy that shade can be nice, too. The 1.15-acre park, to be built between Duffield Street and Albee Square West, will be surrounded by skyscrapers up to 58 stories tall.
NYC Economic Development Corporation and Hargreaves Jones Landscape Architecture presented the design.