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]
GCar – seems like 1BBP has was pretty packed with people checking out apartments this weekend due to the park opening. I think things will pick up there.
By any chance did you check out the new dog run?
broked, looked at more apartments in 1BBP yesterday. And, yes, one of the friends I was with posited that the sign was as much to keep out marauding gangs of teens from taking over places like the water park.
It was built by the State through the EDC not the City at all(although the City has taken over the Park subject to the Veto of certain state politicos).
While it may be discriminatory, such a classification is not illegal. Adults are not a suspect(in the legal sense) class and so long as the jurisdiction has a articulable reason for the discrimination its ok…although in this case the reason is they are a suspect of potential child abuse.
Do you object to kids not be allowed in a bar?
Its only inside the gates that lone adults are not allowed. All the rest of the park except the other kids playground have no restrictions on adults alone….
http://www.brooklynbridgeparknyc.org/interactive-map/
There will be plenty of activities along the park for adults – beach volleyball, boardwalk, etc.
I would be more worried about the kids over 12 taking over the park than the adults and *Rob*s. Things would become unsafe quickly. Something that read “nobody from age 12-21” would just look stupid.
Just let the kids have their fun.
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He stands outside the gate and take pictures of kids getting into their suits,
eeks, that shi+ aint right. someone should just go kick his @ss.
*rob*
@ Ringo – Ewww
I take my daughter to Chapin frequently. Man that is way beyond creepy.
i checked out this park on saturday while doing my laundry on atlantic. i had never seen so much life and people walking up and down that end of atlantic before. maybe part of it was art walk traffic too, but it was good to see. i bet the businesses all liked that too.
the park is great – definitely great for kids. but i wonder if every section of brooklyn bridge park must be a kid’s playland. if the whole thing were just a big boardwalk, benches, trees, and grassy sections, it would be just as good, more enjoyable for adults, and i’m sure kids would still have fun. i guess it’s too late for these musings though.
The “parent/guardian” rule is there so when somebody creepy is hanging around, the authorities have the right to kick them out. Walk through looking like a normal person, and nobody cares.
For the last couple of years there has been a super creepy guy who turns up at the Chapin playground when the sprinklers come on. He stands outside the gate and take pictures of kids getting into their suits, etc. Parents harass the dude, but there’s nothing you can do. Taking pictures is no crime no matter how super creepy you are.
Rob, it’s 10:30 — isn’t there a free hot lunch for senior citizens starting about now that you want to crash? You know, as a taxpayer.