This summer was fantastic for running the ever-evolving Brooklyn Bridge Park. The double-bridge views stretch from 34th street to the Statue of Liberty, and it's a mecca for tour buses and wedding photographers. They've slowly been opening sections of pathways along the waterfront, and the indigenous plant landscaping is filling in to create beautiful terrain.
And in May, the long-awaited Squibb Park pedestrian bridge opened (with little fanfare), connecting the Brooklyn Heights Promenade to the park below.
The suspension bridge that crosses the BQE was designed with "trail bridge technology", which makes it flexible and lightweight like the boardwalks in our national parks. So there's a slight give as you run over it, zig-zagging down to the park.
Sadly, fall has come, and so they are closing down sections of the park to begin construction on the Pierhouses, a project that is sure to last deep into 2014, thus undoing the nice running sections in South BK Bridge Park. Instead of traipsing next to the BQE byway traffic, we shoot back up to the promenade, then loop down the Squibb Bridge, around the best parts of the park and back up Columbia hill, giving us much of the nicest parts of the park without the traffic-y air quality along the roadway.
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| You don't have to run through this, there are paths. |
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| And it's bouncy! |
And in May, the long-awaited Squibb Park pedestrian bridge opened (with little fanfare), connecting the Brooklyn Heights Promenade to the park below.
The suspension bridge that crosses the BQE was designed with "trail bridge technology", which makes it flexible and lightweight like the boardwalks in our national parks. So there's a slight give as you run over it, zig-zagging down to the park.
Sadly, fall has come, and so they are closing down sections of the park to begin construction on the Pierhouses, a project that is sure to last deep into 2014, thus undoing the nice running sections in South BK Bridge Park. Instead of traipsing next to the BQE byway traffic, we shoot back up to the promenade, then loop down the Squibb Bridge, around the best parts of the park and back up Columbia hill, giving us much of the nicest parts of the park without the traffic-y air quality along the roadway.
On weekends, the new restaurants- Fornino pizza, Ample Hills ice cream & Luke's Lobster (to name a few)- attract loads of tourists and it can be somewhat of a cluster*** by the water. I suggest running earlier or expect an obstacle course of tripods & strollers. Or, if you can't beat em, join em- and stretch out on the grassy hill with the sweetest view ever of downtown Manhattan.
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| Sometimes there are scandalous sunbathers! |
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