The Berm

Location

How To Get Here

Parking is limited, so we encourage you to take public transportation. And lucky for you, there are plenty of transportation options.

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Subway

Clark Street

High Street or Jay St- MetroTech

Borough Hall

York Street

Bus

B25

B61

B63

B67

B25 (at Fulton Ferry Landing), B61 (at Atlantic Avenue and Hicks Street), B63 (on the loop road near Pier 6 in the park), or B67 (at Jay Street and York Street)

CitiBike

Nearby CitiBike stations: Atlantic Ave & Furman St (Pier 6); Brooklyn Bridge Park – Pier 2; Old Fulton St (Pier 1); Water St & Main St (Main Street)

NYC Ferry

East River route to Dumbo/Fulton Ferry; or South Brooklyn Route to Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 6/Atlantic Avenue or DUMBO/Fulton Ferry.

These massive hills block sound from the BQE from entering the park. The berms are covered with grasses and wildflowers that provide habitat for bumblebees and nesting birds.

WHAT’S NEARBY

GARDENS AT BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK

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Carousel Bioswale

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Pier 1 Wetlands

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Pier 3 Cliffs

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The Dunes

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Tidal Marsh at John Street

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Salt Marsh

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Max Family Garden

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Pier 6 Flower Field

37 nautical bollards were savaged and reused in the Pier 3 Labyrinth.

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.

Emily Roebling Plaza is 20,000 square feet

In 1989 the Brooklyn Heights Association proposed the “Harbor Park” plan, the beginnings of what would become Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Long Leaf Yellow Pine from the demolished Cold Storage Buildings is reused as cladding on park structures and custom-designed park benches.

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

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