BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY INC
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Mission Statement
The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that serves as a public programmer, fundraiser, and advocate for Brooklyn Bridge Park. Since 2000, about one million park visitors have enjoyed the Conservancy’s free public programs. These activities and events have brought Brooklyn Bridge Park to life. Our staff and board see this as an important strategy for building a committed constituency that will support long term public investment in the park. We also see free public programming as the key to ensuring that Brooklyn Bridge Park has wide regional appeal to diverse communities across all of Brooklyn.
About This Cause
The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy’s mission is “to ensure the creation, adequate funding, proper maintenance, public support, and citizen enjoyment of Brooklyn Bridge Park through partnership with the public sector, development of programming, and active promotion of the needs of the park and its constituents.” Since 1985, the Conservancy has worked to make Brooklyn Bridge Park a reality. We are dedicated to helping our constituency—from Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO to all parts of Brooklyn and around the world—explore and appreciate the natural landscape of Brooklyn Bridge Park. Spurred by the Port Authority’s plan to sell the piers along the Brooklyn Heights waterfront for commercial development in the 1980’s, the forerunner of the Conservancy, the Friends of Fulton Ferry Landing, was formed in 1985. Park advocates composed “13 Guiding Principles” for park development in 1991 and three years later Governor Cuomo, Mayor Giuliani, and local elected officials announced their support for the creation of Brooklyn Bridge Park. In 2000, we introduced our first public programming—the summer film series—and in 2001, the Main Street playground was open to the public. Since then, the Conservancy has brought imaginative and popular programming to the park site, including the Floating Swimming Pool in 2007, the “Pop‐Up Park” in 2008, and the Pop-Up Pool in 2012. More than 425 free events and activities were produced and presented by the Conservancy in 2013. This programming was enjoyed by about 150,000 visitors from all parts of Brooklyn and around the world. Highlights of last summer include: Syfy Movies With A View—our 14th season of free films every Thursday evening in July and August drew 34,500 moviegoers for the season. “Ferris Beuller’s Day Off” and “Rocky” were the crowd favorites for the season, each drawing 7,000 fans. Pop-Up Pool—in its second season, the pool attracted 34,000 swimmers. With its man-made sandy beach, the Pop-Up Pool was a popular family destination all summer. Books Beneath the Bridge—also celebrating its second year, this series of six Monday night readings was curated by six independent Brooklyn booksellers. Guest readers included Paul Auster, Collum McCann, and Colson Whitehead. About 1,350 literary fans attended the readings on the Pier 1 Granite Prospect. Waterfront Workouts—Pilates classes, Zumba, Belly Dancing, Hip Hop Aerobics, Yoga, and Outdoor Strength classes were offered against the backdrop of the NYC skyline. More than 3,000 healthy park visitors worked out with us. Kayaking—local boating groups once again maintained the Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse, providing over 5,000 kayakers of varying skills with an opportunity to paddle off Pier 2. Also, new for 2013, were kayak water polo sessions for kids and adults. Soccer—the recreational fields on Pier 5 opened in the early spring. The Conservancy worked with Metro Soccer to offer adult leagues, as well as youth leagues and clinics in the spring and fall. The Conservancy also worked with other presenters to offer Bargemusic family concerts, Jazzmobile, the Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series, Etsy Craft Night, three Celebrate Brooklyn! Bridge Dance Parties, Children’s Plays with the Wildlife Theater, Checkmate 101 chess classes, the popular Fall Harvest Festival, and much more. Educational Initiatives—Over the past six years, more than 33,000 young people, from public schools and city-run free day camps representing every zip code in Brooklyn, have benefited from the Conservancy’s environmental education program in Brooklyn Bridge Park. The Conservancy’s environmental program offers young people an opportunity to learn about sustainability, recycling, aquatic ecology, and scientific observation. They become aware of how nature works, with the Brooklyn waterfront serving as their classroom. In 2013, 8,112 students participated in 246 classes.