Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation continues to steamroll ahead in order to get their vision, along with that of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, funded and created in short order. Next up: Pier 5. Slotted to be completed for Spring 2012, Pier 5 will include recreation fields, picnic peninsula with a concession, bbq and play area.
Yesterday the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation (“BBP”) put in a Request for Proposals (“RFP”) to solicit operators to construct, operate and maintain a seasonal enclosed, indoor recreation structure or bubble to cover one sports field at Pier 5 in Brooklyn Bridge Park starting in the 2012 season. The structure will provide active recreation in Brooklyn Bridge Park during the cold weather months (December 1- March 31) and create organized play opportunities for individuals, schools, athletic clubs and leagues.
Is anyone else wondering where Pier 5 is?
Pier 5 is approximately five acres and will house three multi-use artificial turf sports fields. The pier is located in the southern section of the park, and is accessible from a pedestrian path at Joralemon
Street as well as the main greenway that travels through the park. A picnic peninsula will be located at the Pier 5 uplands and will include picnic tables, small scale play equipment, and a seasonal snack
concession during the spring, summer and autumn seasons.
What the structure will be:
The Concession Structure envisioned for Pier 5 would be approximately 200’ x 300’ and large enough to enclose a single field.
The history and what is to come
The 2010 inaugural season opened with Piers 1 and 6. March saw the opening of the Pier 1 lawns, promenade and monumental Granite Prospect. In June, the water play, sand box, slides and swings of Pier 6 opened, welcoming families to come and play at the Park. A new dock accommodated seasonal water taxi service and linked the Park with Governors Island for the first time. In August the remaining acres of Pier 1 opened including the greenway connection to Pier 6. Visitors continued to flock to Brooklyn Bridge Park this past May and June with the park averaging approximately 30,000 visitors each weekend day. Later this summer the renovated Empire Fulton Ferry portion of the Park will reopen and include the addition of Jane’s Carousel. The remainder of the Park will open in phases over the next several years with the Pier 5 sports fields and picnic peninsula scheduled to open in summer 2012.