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3

49°F

Sunrise
07:30 AM
Sunset
05:49 PM
Tide

HIGH 4:44 PM


Low 10:25 PM

Park Hours and Info

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

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

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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.

Bird lovers flocking to Brooklyn Bridge Park have spotted over 120 species of birds visiting the Park.

Among the birds you might expect to see are Peregrine falcons, various wading birds, shorebirds and other waterfowl. Rambling through different areas of the park lets you explore several ecologies up close, in a way that minimizes human impact on new habitat.

Birds like to visit the salt marsh on Pier 1, the meadow on Pier 6 and natural habitats on Pier 4. BBP Birder Extraordinaire, Heather Wolf, runs The Birds of Brooklyn Bridge Park, a blog where she documents the different species she encounters in the park.

Birds At Brooklyn Bridge Park

Female Red-winged Blackbird on a branch

© Heather Wolf

Female Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch on a branch

© Heather Wolf

House Finch
Laughing Gull in the water

© Heather Wolf

Laughing Gull
Gray Catbird on a railing

© Heather Wolf

Gray Catbird
Cedar Waxwing on a twig

© Heather Wolf

Cedar Waxing
Northern Mockingbird Fledging

© Heather Wolf

Northern Mockingbird Fledging
Barn Swallow on a railing

© Heather Wolf

Barn Swallow

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WILDLIFE AT BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK

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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