Pier 6

I’ve discussed the plans for Brooklyn Bridge Park before. Today, Pier 6 opened. This portion has its entrance on Atlantic Avenue, my street, right on the river. Among other things, Pier 6 has a 1.6 acre playground for kids. And oh my, what a playground.

It’s broken into sections. Slide Mountain has a bunch of 20 foot tall slides and various jungle gyms. Swing Valley has 10 different sets of swings. Sandbox Village, which is a 6,000 square foot sand area. And finally there is The Water Lab, with three different water sections.

Danielle and I went there today for about an hour. They are still building out other parts of the pier, but the playground is spectacular. It was hot today, and it’s still a bit shade challenged (since most of the trees are young), but it’s the best park in Brooklyn.

Enough talk. Pictures.

Two of the slides in slide mountain (Danielle going down the first one).

The Tarzan Ropes in Swing Valley:

Part of Sandbox Village.

And Danielle enjoying parts of The Water Lab:

Seriously, this is one rockin’ playground.