Goats arrive in Brooklyn Bridge Park to whack weeds
Horatio, Eyebrows, Minnie and Hector take to the berm
A herd of four Nubian goats has taken up residence on the steep, grass-covered berm near Pier 3 in Brooklyn Bridge Park.
The four adorable brothers – Horatio, Eyebrows, Minnie and Hector – will be working over the summer to clear the berm of weeds without the use of harmful herbicides. The goats will also naturally fertilize the berm, which was built to attenuate noise coming from the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
It turns out that goats are perfectly suited to gambol up and down the berm’s steep incline. (Not so much reporters, who attempted to follow the goats as they scampered about during Thursday’s press conference.)