Officials: Pier 3 groundbreaking a milestone for Brooklyn Bridge Park
Officials praise outgoing BBP President Myer
Brooklyn Bridge Park (BBP) leaders and elected officials on Wednesday didn’t let the drone of helicopters taking off from the heliport across the river interrupt a sun-blessed groundbreaking ceremony on Pier 3.
The pier, currently a five-acre slab of cracked concrete on the waterfront at the center of the 85-acre park, will be the final pier to be transformed into parkland.
Expected to be completed in spring 2018, the refurbished pier will include a central lawn, a flexible “hardscape” area for recreation and programming, and a play labyrinth for all ages featuring elements salvaged from the park.
Outgoing park President Regina Myer recalled when the land the park rests on was “still a barren stretch of industrial wasteland.