Park official responds to criticism on Pier 1 `yards’
An official of Brooklyn Bridge Park yesterday responded to recent criticism, spotlighted in a Brooklyn Paper article called “Yards in the Park,” of the fact that there will be small, fenced-off enclosures outside three of the five structures that are to be built on the uplands of Pier 1.
These structures, technically two buildings that will be connected, are part of the controversial “housing in the park” element earmarked to help fund park development.
The three northern structures, one of them a hotel and the other containing a banquet hall on the ground floor and residential units, will be connected. The three southern structures, which will be connected to each other, are also residential units.