The Brooklyn Bridge opened on May 14th, 1883. It was the first bridge to cross the East River, the largest suspension bridge built at the time, and was called the “eighth wonder of the world.”

Construction of the park began in January 2009.

Empire Stores and the Tobacco warehouse are both Civil War Era buildings

More than 13,000 timber piles support the piers in the Park.

Subway tunnels run under the Piles.

The John Street section was formerly owned by Con Edison and was transferred to Brooklyn Bridge Park in 2013.

The topography of the playground was built with 16,000 cubic yards of clean bulk fill salvaged from Long Island Railroad drilling operations for the East Side Access project.

Timber seating and climbing platforms in the playground are made from reclaimed Long Leaf Yellow pine that was extracted from demolished warehouses on the park site.