Brooklyn Bridge Park breaks ground on Community Center
Brooklyn Bridge Park (BBP) will soon have its very own community building. “I consider this a turning-point milestone for Brooklyn Bridge Park,” said Regina Myer, BBP president, as she joined community leaders and politicians Tuesday at a groundbreaking ceremony that began the renovation of a former New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) building located under the Manhattan Bridge on Plymouth Street in DUMBO. By next summer, the building will be transformed into an environmental education and community center.
“We are taking a building that had a utilitarian use and giving it to the community,” said Myer. “This will become an important face on Plymouth Street that ties Brooklyn Bridge Park into the community.”
Members of the general contractor Stalco Construction and architect firm Architecture Research Office (ARO), as well as Councilmember Steve Levin and state Sen. Daniel Squadron, were also on hand for the ceremonial groundbreaking.