Brooklyn Bridge Park (Piers 1 and 6), Brooklyn, N.Y.
The new 85-acre Brooklyn Bridge Park, which will stretch 1.3 miles along the borough’s East River edge, will be the largest park in Brooklyn in 150 years when it is finished. Already, however, the completed section around Piers 1 and 6, underneath the iconic bridge, is proof that waterfront access doesn’t have to be all boardwalks and benches.
“One of the great opportunities here was the luxury to think about a new type of park—specifically, a waterfront park, which had a lot of unexplored options,” said Matthew Urbanski, New York principal at Skanska, the CM on the project. Urbanski has been involved with the project for 12 years.