Pier 6 Playground Opens to Public
[nggallery id=”44973″ template=galleryview] As promised, Pier 6, the second piece of the Brooklyn Bridge Park puzzle, opened this past weekend. In a city where playgrounds tend to be on the smaller side, this 1.6-acre layout offers just about anything a kid could ever dream of. There is a water park with fountains and streams, a…
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As promised, Pier 6, the second piece of the Brooklyn Bridge Park puzzle, opened this past weekend. In a city where playgrounds tend to be on the smaller side, this 1.6-acre layout offers just about anything a kid could ever dream of. There is a water park with fountains and streams, a 6,000-square-foot sandbox, slides (including some that looked two stories high), and an area known as “Swing Valley,” a hilly area complete with gigantic rope swings. The park is surrounded by a wide bikeway and promenade, and there is also a dog run. Eventually, the park will be getting volleyball courts, more lawn area, and a restaurant. It’s a pretty impressive accomplishment, and great to see that much life brought to that end of Atlantic.
Pier 6 To Open With Ferry Service [Brownstoner]
Pier 6 Opens to Rave Reviews [NY Post]
Grand Opening for Pier 6 at B’klyn Bridge Park [Brooklyn Eagle]
Pier 6 Details and Video [Brooklyn Heights Blog]
As a parent, I’m just as sensitive as anyone to he perv issue. But the fact is most pervs are family members or people in position of trust, not ‘creepy strangers’.
I think if you wait until after 4th of July – all the childless can go there no problem…all the rich kids will be away for the summer and it is their parents that get anxious about the childless ones.
The poor kids in the day camps will be there but they know how to take care of themselves.
And the city provides the sprinklers attachments for fire hydrants in poor neighborhoods – so see- they do have their own version of water parks.
I feel as sorry for the catless people as I do for adults who can’t go to the water park.
“the sandbox that is intended for kids between the ages of 2 and 5”
Biff, what about adults who often act as though they’re 2 – 5???
“spending a short time there without pushing out little kids”
why can’t we push out little kids? They just get in the way.
Seems that childless adults want to spend more time with the kids in the water park than the kids’ own parents do.
Seems that dogless people enjoy playing with the dogs in the dog run more than the dogs’ owners do.
And seems that catless people . . . are just grateful they don’t have cats! 😉
Point taken, Biffy. And it’s an important issue to guard against. If childless adults aren’t hassled for spending a short time there without pushing out little kids, then it’s A ok with me.
“No, I wouldn’t spend all day there. But could I see myself doing that for an hour or two, you bet!”
Nothing wrong with that and I’m sure you can. I don’t think anyone will give you grief about it. The purpose of the rule is to deal with situations like that mentioned above regarding Harry Chapin playground.
Sure it’s wrong to discriminate against adults in playgrounds. Of course, it’s equally wrong to discriminate against strollers and toddlers in bars. I’m all for adults playing amongst the diaper set as long as you’re cool with my 2-year old in the bar at 11 PM — and no bitching that his stroller’s blocking the way to the men’s room. Deal?