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07:08 AM
Sunset
04:28 PM
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HIGH 1:32 AM


Low 7:45 AM

Park Hours and Info

Park is Open 7 Days a Week | 6AM - 1AM
Entry is Free!

Pier 28AM - 9PM* Pier 56AM - 11PM* Education Center3-5PM (THU/FRI), 1-5PM (SAT) Pier 6 Volleyball Courts6AM - 11PM Playgroundssunrise-sunset

Pier 2 Uplands

Pier 2 Uplands
Pier 2 Uplands
Pier 2 Uplands
Pier 2 Uplands
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© Alexa Hoyer

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

2
3

Clark Street

A
C

High Street or Jay St- MetroTech

4
5

Borough Hall

F

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.

Places to See

Pier 2 Uplands

Relax on the lawns or cool off in the water spray area, either way this spot is the perfect compliment to the activities on Pier 2.

WHAT TO SEE AT PIER TWO UPLANDS

Pier 2 Uplands

Pier 2 Uplands lawn with view of Pier 2 and lower Manhattan at sunset.

© Alexa Hoyer

Pier 2 Uplands Lawn offers views of lower Manhattan.
Water feature at the Water Play Area in Pier 2 Uplands at sunset

© Alexa Hoyer

Water Play Area at Pier 2 Uplands
Water Area at Pier 2 Uplands with Pier 2 in the background at sunset.

© Alexa Hoyer

Water Area at Pier 2 Uplands
Pier 2 Uplands Lawn with view of water and lower Manhattan.

© Alexa Hoyer

Pier 2 Uplands Lawn offers views of lower Manhattan.
Pathway and lawn in the Pier 2 Uplands with Pier 2 in the distance at sunset.

© Alexa Hoyer

Pier 2 Uplands Lawn

ABOUT PIER 2 UPLANDS

Completed in the summer of 2020, the Pier 2 Uplands expands the Park’s green space east of Pier 2, adding a 6,300 square foot lawn and nearly 1,300 trees and shrubs and also includes the completion of the sound attenuating berm to reduce traffic noise. Like other sections of the Park, granite from the Brooklyn Bridge was reused for seating throughout the new section.

The Pier 2 Uplands also includes a new water play area that features pier remnants cut away during the construction of Pier 3. Runoff from the water play will be captured via an underground retention tank and to be re-used for irrigation throughout the site. The retention tank, which sits below the lawn, holds over 15,000 gallons of water and was designed specifically to meet the irrigation requirements of the Uplands.

FAQs

The water spray feature in the Pier 2 Uplands features pile caps cut away from Pier 3.

The remaining structural “skeleton” of the extant shed on Pier 2 defines play areas and provides shelter.

There are more than 300 trees planted in the Pier 2 Uplands.

Trees, lawns, and shrubs are managed organically

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey acquired the piers from the New York Dock Company in 1955.

20,000

participated in environmental education programs

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365

Days Open Per Year

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3,000

Trees in the park

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