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Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy offers low-cost soccer leagues for adults and youth. Find more information below.
Please check this page for updates, or sign up for our emails to receive announcements about soccer leagues and other programming in the park.
Our league is a 10-week season in partnership with Metro Soccer. All teams are coached by volunteer parent coaches, and we encourage you to consider volunteering when you register your child!
To better align ourselves with our mission for equity and inclusivity while adjusting our pricing to match our rising costs, we are moving to a tiered pricing model.
We encourage you to select the tier that makes the most sense for your family.
Additional hardship assistance is available, and if you request support please reach out to [email protected].
Spring 2023 Schedule
Saturday Games: March 4, 2023 — May 27, 2023 (last 3 May dates are held for cancellations)
Game Schedules (Saturdays)
Optional Wednesday Practices: March 8, 2023 — May 24, 2023 (last 3 May dates are held for cancellations)
Practice Schedules (Wednesdays)
We understand that everyone has busy schedules. However, in order to ensure full teams and good games, players who do not attend either of the first two sessions will have their spots opened to children on the waiting list.
Start/end dates subject to change due to weather and field scheduling.
Check back in the mid to late summer for fall 2023 information and dates.
Please consider volunteering as a parent coach. Parent coaches assist in the successful development of the children in the program. A detailed knowledge of soccer is not necessarily required to be a successful coach, as Metro Soccer NY provides all the drills and framework. It can be a fun, enriching, and rewarding experience for all! To learn more and sign up, email [email protected].
Each child must bring:
The safety of our league’s players, Metro Soccer staff, and Conservancy staff has been and will remain our number one priority. Leagues will operate with COVID-19 hygiene and health measures, which will include, but are not limited to:
COVID protocols regarding masking, throw-ins, spectators, and more are subject to change prior to and during the season.
A friendly reminder that we can only have a maximum of 48 teams. Don’t wait too long to register, as we often sell out!
Our Conservancy Adult Soccer League is a 6 v. 6 format (5 Outfield + 1 Goalkeeper), with both Open and Co-ed divisions, and our league is a 10-week season. Offered in partnership with Metro Soccer.
The 2023 rates are:
For more information or questions, please contact [email protected].
Summer 2023: Wednesday Games: June 7, 2023 — August 30, 2023 (last 3 August dates are held for cancellations)
Please check in at our blue staff tent 20 minutes before your first game.
The schedule and field assignments for the first game will be updated before the start of the season. To check the schedules, go to http://metrosoccerny.com/schedules/ and click on the corresponding Pier 5 league you joined. The website will be updated periodically throughout the season.
Start/end dates subject to change due to weather and field scheduling.
Any Male-identifying Free Agents wishing to play with the Co-ed league should register for a waitlist spot. You will be enrolled in our system but will not be charged the $170 fee at that time. Once enough-Female identifying Free Agents have registered in the Co-ed league, we will notify you directly and send an invoice to guarantee your placement in the league closer to the start date. This new process in our registration will ensure there are enough male and female players to form Co-ed Free Agent teams. Please contact [email protected] with any questions.
Each player must sign a waiver before they step on the field.
CAPTAINS: MAKE SURE EACH OF YOUR TEAMMATES COMPLETES A WAIVER OR THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY. This must be completed once per season (so again, even if you completed it in the previous session). You can find the link to the Adult Soccer Waiver in the Fareharbor confirmation email.
COVID protocols regarding masking, throw-ins, spectators and more are subject to change prior to and during the season.
Drop in to play at the Pier 5 turf when leagues are not scheduled. Drop in times are first come, first served. Leagues that have timed permits are not allowed to use open play times. When others are looking to play, please keep play time to one hour and share the field.
To form your own league for regularly recurring use of a field at the Pier 5 Turf, please apply for an Athletic Permit. If you would like to rent a field for one time use, please apply for a Special Events Permit.
This schedule is subject to change due to weather and field availability and may not always be immediately reflected on this calendar.
Drop in to play on the Pier 5 turf or Pier 6 volleyball courts when leagues are not scheduled. Drop in times are first come, first served. Leagues that have timed permits are not allowed to use open play times. When others are looking to play, please keep play time to one hour. All pickleball courts are available on a first-come, first-served basis. If you would like to host a tournament, or other type of Pickleball special event, a special event permit is required.
See the calendar below for when fields or courts are in use.
Field 1 is closest to Furman Street and Field 3 is closest to the river edge of the pier. Field 4 uses both Fields 2 and 3. Signs labeling each field are installed on the interior walls.
To form your own league for regularly recurring use of a court or field, please apply for an Athletic Permit. If you would like to rent a court/field for one time use, please apply for a Special Events Permit.
Yes, there are restrooms at Pier 6 at Fornino and in Quay Tower; in the Boathouse in the Pier 5 Uplands, in the orange building on Pier 2, under Squibb Bridge; at Empire Stores in Empire Fulton Ferry, and in 99 Plymouth Environmental Education Center.
Yes. There are water fountains throughout Brooklyn Bridge Park and each has a water bottle filling feature.
Water fountains are turned off for the winter season when outside temperatures reach freezing.
To play basketball, volleyball, or soccer you must bring your own equipment. Equipment for pickleball and the ping pong tables can be borrowed from the roller rink when it is open (an ID card is held as collateral).
To host an event or an activity in Brooklyn Bridge Park you must have an approved permit from Brooklyn Bridge Park. This process insures that any given area of the Park is not over crowded and that organizations are properly supported and insured. If you would like to host an event or activity in the Park, please review the conditions for a special events permit.
Yes! There are lots of places to eat and drink at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Please browse through all the park concessions and nearby eateries. Many nearby restaurants and bars are listed on online with the DUMBO BID, Atlantic Avenue BID, and with the Montague Street BID.
