Here’s a little bit of Memorial Day weekend action from East River State Park in Williamsburg, where lounging takes place against the background of new condos.

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There’s a Friends of Williamsburg Waterfront Park Meeting coming up on Thursday, May 29, at 7PM at the People’s Fire House, which is located at 113 Berry Street. “On the agenda will be an update about the plans for the Bushwick Inlet and an opportunity to explore ideas on how to organize the Friends Group.” […]

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Back in October, a fence went up around Grand Ferry Park, a much loved little park at the foot of Grand Street on the East River. Until East River State Park opened last year, in fact, it was the only legitimate park access to the water in Williamsburg. The renovation process was supposed to take […]

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Rather than being universally embraced, Brooklyn Bridge Park has sparked deep controversy in some quarters in Brooklyn, primarily because high rise condo development will be used to finance the park. The Sierra Club, which opposes the way the park is being developed, is sponsoring a presentation called “The Selling of Brooklyn Bridge Park” on Friday, […]

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This is a Brooklyn Bridge Pop-Up Park designed by dlandstuio for the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy for a temporary viewing area for one of Olafur Eliasson’s waterfalls under the Brooklyn Bridge. Tropolism first published the renderings and info yesterday. It would be designed for viewing of Olafur Eliasson’s waterfall under the Brooklyn Bridge. The same […]

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If you go to your local park today, the odds are you will find something special going on. That’s because it’s “It’s My Park Day!” citywide. We can’t possibly highlight them all, but were’ going to pull a few from the inbox. (Check out Prospect Park’s activities, which we posted about earlier in the week, […]

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[Photo courtesy of Nate Kensinger] It’s hard to find good cricket, but photographer, blogger and GL Contributor Nate Kensinger hit up Floyd Bennett Field and found cricket season is underway again. (There are also good matches to be found in Prospect Park.)

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Will Bushwick Inlet Park, the 28-acre park planned for land north of East River State Park in Williamsburg & Greenpoint around the Bushwick Inlet, happen? Putting the land together for the park and securing all the funding is a complicated issue. GWAPP (Greenpoint Waterfront Association for Parks and Planning) has been working to do some […]

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This is the plan for Sponge Park. We pulled out the image above to allow a better view because it contains some interesting elements. Of note, is the part of the park envisioned to surround the old power plant near the canal. This is property that was proposed as Gowanus Village by developer Shaya Boymelgreen […]

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Here are renderings of Sponge Park, which was presented by the Gowanus Canal Conservancy this week. The design comes from dlandstudio and is of a park that “would be aesthetically beautiful while working to reduce the problem of contaminated water flowing into the Gowanus Canal. The plan proposes a continuous esplanade running the length of […]

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We got an email from the Open Space Alliance of North Brooklyn, which is looking for photos for its website. They write: “OSA would like to showcase your work on our website (which is being substantially improved). We will consider photos relating to any aspect of any park/greenspace/waterfront in Williamsburg and Greenpoint. We welcome recent […]

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This is an “environmentally-conscious public park space around the Gowanus Canal” called Sponge Park that comes from the Gowanus Canal Conservancy and is designed by dlandstudio. There will be a presentation about it on Monday, April 21 at 6:30PM at PS 58, which is in Carroll Gardens at 330 Smith Street at the corner of […]

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There will be a Push for Parks status meeting in Greenpoint tomorrow (4/17). It is sponsored by the Greenpoint Waterfront Association for Parks and Planning (GWAPP). It will include updates on Million Tree Project, Barge Park, Cooper Park, India Street End, Greenpoint Ave/Transmitter Park, UFMP (United Friends of McCarren Park), Bushwick Inlet Park, Brooklyn Greenway, […]

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What is up at the Terrapin Playground, the section of J.J. Byrne Park behind the Novo Park Slope that developer Shaya Boymelgreen is renovating? The developer promised to spend millions of dollars renovating the playground in exchange for the Parks Dept. letting him use the large playground as a staging area while workers constructed his […]

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We saw fliers for this a couple of weeks ago and didn’t get a photo. Here’s an email that’s gone out about the fence painting at Carroll Park in Carroll Gardens this weekend: Tom Sawyer Fence Painting Day At Carroll Park: This Saturday, April 12th, come out to show one of Brooklyn’s oldest parks some […]

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Those who follow news of the Williamsburg waterfront will know that the big proposed TransGas power plant on the Bushwick Inlet was dealt a fairly decisive blow in Albany a couple of weeks ago. (TransGas will likely appeal, but has little chance of success, even though delays could interfere with plans to use the property […]

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This is a rendering of what the Parks Department calls Phase I of the 28-acre Bushwick Inlet Park that will (at some point) create a vast new area of open and recreational space on the Williamsburg and Greenpoint waterfronts. Work on the soccer field will start this fall. Phase 1 involves the southernmost portion of […]

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The move to rename J.J. Byrne Park as Washington Park is continuing to make progress. Mr. Byrne was a Brooklyn borough president elected in 1926 who died in office four years later. The park would be given the name it had in the 1880s “when it was home to the baseball team that would become […]

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According to a new survey of crime in city parks the largest number of crimes over the last 18 months occurred in Central Park, Flushing Meadows Park, Prospect Park and Riverside Park. Flushing Meadows Corona Park had 99 incidents, including robberies, grand larcenies and two rapes. Prospect Park had 57 crimes, Riverside Park 31 and […]

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The big TransGas power plant proposed for a waterfront site between N. 12 & N. 14 Street in Williamsburg/Greenpoint is finally dead. The state Siting Board on Major Electric Generation Siting and the Environment rejected a proposal today to locate an 1,100 megawatt underground plant on the site. The plant had actually been killed in […]

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Does Brooklyn Bridge Park have more trouble on its hands? Yes, it does. The latest issue, revealed in today’s Post, is objections from the Department of Environmental Conservation to many of the park’s water features. DEC says they could harm aquatic life. Negotiations are underway.–Curbed

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What sort of park is built with a twelve-foot wall on the East River that could block views of Manhattan? Well, it’s a possibility at the weird temporary park that is going in at the foot of India Street in Greenpoint. “They are going to pave over with colored concrete, remove the chain link fence […]

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We don’t know a lot about the session that’s being planned to talk about Brooklyn Bridge Park, but we do know that it sounds like it’s going to be interesting. Groups that are working to develop the park in a manner that is different from the official Empire State Development Corp. model are holding it. […]

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Another session to discuss possible renovations to J.J. Byrne Park on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope is taking place tomorrow (Tuesday, January 22) from 7PM-9PM. Two sessions were held last week. Kim Maier, who is director of the Old Stone House sent an email via the Park Slope Parents group: Play space, open space, green […]

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In the summer, when it gets blazing hot, we will occasionally post a photo or video of Brooklyn in winter. So, during this little cold snap, we bring you the Floating Pool. Ah, summer.

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