Brooklyn Heights Promenade

Brooklyn Heights Promenade Review

Stretching from Orange Street in the north to Remsen Street in the south, this esplanade provides enthralling views of Manhattan. Find a bench and take in the skyline, the Statue of Liberty, and the Brooklyn Bridge—an impressive 1883 steel suspension bridge designed by John Augustus Roebling. To your left is Governors Island, a former Coast Guard base that's now become a prime picnic and summertime festival destination for locals. Below you are the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and Brooklyn's industrial waterfront of warehouses, piers, and parking lots. A greenway initiative is moving forward in a bid to build a 14-mi waterfront park for pedestrians and bikers. The first 6 acres of the park opened in March 2010 at Pier 1, including the park's first waterfront promenade and a playground. Pier 6 opened in June 2010, and Pier 1 got another 3.5 acres of parkland in August 2010. The plan is to complete the entire park by 2013. For updates, check the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy Web site at www.brooklynbridgepark.org.