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By Matt Chaban 3/02/12 12:11pm

It looked bigger from the bridge... (Gothamist)

Hope Floats! Brooklyn Bridge Park Gets a Pool, a Real Soccer Field, and Gets Miniaturized

It may be the best new park in the city that’s not the High Line, maybe even better, so whenever there is news of expansion at Brooklyn Bridge Park, it is good news. In this case, the good news comes in threes. Read More

By Matt Chaban 1/13/11 10:35pm

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Tourists Bothering Brooklyn, Too: Rogue Rotors Buzz Borough's New Parks

What good is a brand-new waterfront park if you can’t enjoy it in peace? That is the complaint surrounding Brooklyn Bridge Park, which opened last year and was one of the best projects of 2010.

According to the Daily News, the city convinced those tourist-thronged helicopter tours not to hover over the park Read More

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