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The Edge Park | Brooklyn, New York | 2018

The Edge Park | Brooklyn, New York | 2018

Architects: W Architecture and Landscape Architecture LLC.
Client: Douglaston Development
General Contractor: Levine Builders
Photographers: Michael Grimm, Alex Maclean, and Alison Cartwright, W Architecture & Landscape Architecture


The Edge Park is located in Brooklyn, NY, where the East River Ferry makes its stop in Williamsburg. It is part of the Greenpoint-Williamsburg Waterfront Zoning plan that will result in a continuous park along the waterfront. The park connects the community to the waterfront and provides many opportunities for engaging with the river.

The Phase 2 additions include three new piers - an East River Ferry pier, the Empire Pier extending towards the Empire State Building, and a sloped pier that takes you down to the high tide elevation. The park offers stunning views of the river and city, seating and spaces for gathering as well as reflection, and is packed with native plants that are full of pollinators.

At the water's edge, the city grid and the river's ecosystem converge, mingle, and clash. The road turns into a pedestrian greenway, a garage is topped with a sloping lawn, piers reach gently into the water from deep within the park, and a stone-lined riverbank contrasts with concrete bulkhead. Blurring the boundaries between land and water in these ways extends the waterfront's benefits inland. This former industrial site is now 50% permeable with many native plant species and is an important part of the LEED Silver rating for the project.


The Edge Park
The Edge Park
The Edge Park

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