• Salvaged Materials
  • Recycled Wood
  • Salvaged Granite
  • Recycled Fill Material
• Habitat Creation
• Stormwater Management
• Energy Conservation
• Green Roofs
• Park Operations

Recycled Fill Material

Brooklyn Bridge Park has benefited enormously from a synergetic relationship with an unlikely partner. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) began construction on its East Side Access project in 2001. This massive public works project (still on-going) will connect the Long Island Rail Road’s (LIRR) Main and Port Washington lines in Queens to a new LIRR terminal beneath Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan.

From this extensive tunneling project, Brooklyn Bridge Park secured clean bulk fill to create the stunning topography on Pier 1 as well as other portions of the park. The highest point at Pier 1 is twenty feet above the existing pier deck, creating new views to Manhattan, the New York Harbor and the Williamsburg Bridge.

On Pier 1, approximately 18,000 cubic yards of manufactured soil was used for the landscape. Beneath this soil lies 40,000 cubic yards of clean bulk fill, salvaged from Long Island Railroad drilling operations for the East Side Access project. On Pier 6, approximately 8,000 cubic yards of manufactured soil lies atop 16,000 cubic yards of clean bulk fill.