Brooklyn Bridge Park
![Historical Feature: Institution, monument or unmarked historical area with special significance to the community's sense of place and environment. Historical Feature](https://www.opengreenmap.org/sites/default/files/taxonomy_image/historical_feature.gif)
![Park/Recreation Area: Green space that offers a place to relax and play outdoors. May include sports fields, picnicking, running paths, canoe rental, or workout/play equipment, along with diverse vegetation and a pond, creek or other water feature. Park/Recreation Area](https://www.opengreenmap.org/sites/default/files/taxonomy_image/category_pictures_94.gif)
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![Native Forests/Plants: Flora that is indigenous in the region, sometimes called old growth, heirloom or indigenous species. Native species requires less water and care than exotic imports, and usually attract more birds, bees and butterflies, and help the cycle of life stay in balance. May include a master gardener, permaculturalist or horticulturalist or information center. Native Forests/Plants](https://www.opengreenmap.org/sites/default/files/taxonomy_image/category_pictures_75.gif)
![Water Recycling: Uses plants, aquatic animals, layered soils, movement, (constructed) wetlands and or/ swales to aerate, filter and purify water, without adding chemicals. Systems that slow the drainage in the built environment, grey water, rainwater gardens, rain barrels and other types of high and low technology water recycling systems that reduce consumption can be included. Water Recycling](https://www.opengreenmap.org/sites/default/files/taxonomy_image/category_pictures_20.gif)
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![Reuse: Products, materials or building elements exchange, second-hand market or store. Significant reused buildings, art or other creative reuse and online resources can be included. Reuse](https://www.opengreenmap.org/sites/default/files/taxonomy_image/category_pictures_13.gif)
Overview
Originally, an industrial waterfront that thrived during the first half of the 20th Century, Brooklyn Bridge Park is now being redeveloped into a major sustainable waterfront park.Located near the park is Old Fulton Street, the original landing for the ferry that linked Brooklyn to Manhattan before construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.A major part of the Park's sustainability objective is to reuse as much of the site's deteriorating structures as possible. A series of above-ground landscape elements will serve as ecological treatment systems for collected storm-water from the Park's landscape and adjacent buildings, prior to entering it's underground storage. Native vegetation, bird and marine habitats will be located around the park in a way where human impact on the new habitat will be minuscule and their visibility within the park significantly maximized. These are just some of the parks sustainability objectives.
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- Brooklyn
- RichmondUnited States
- New YorkUnited States
- YarmouthCanada
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- MontclairUnited States
- MontclairUnited States
- Lebanon
- Jersey CityUnited States
- SkillmanUnited States
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- New YorkUnited States
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- ParatyBrazil
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- China
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Brooklyn Bridge Park - Michael Van Valkenburgh - New York City
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