Gotham Park is organized by Brooklyn Bridge Manhattan, a New York State not-for-profit founded in 2021, with the goal of establishing and supporting a new kind of hyper-urban public park at the Manhattan landing of the iconic Brooklyn Bridge.
As civic activists and advocates, we came together at a Community Board 1 - Waterfront, Parks and Cultural Committee meeting in late 2020, hearing from community members about the importance and impact of public space, and specifically this place, which has now been closed to public access for over a decade. In a neighborhood with pitifully little public recreation space, surrounded by communities of color, our goal is to provide access to world class public indoor and outdoor civic spaces where we can share, learn and celebrate our communities. We have come to the conclusion that without strong directed advocacy, funding and a plan to reopen, build and protect this park, another decade or more could pass with little change.
Our stakeholders are neighborhood residents, businesses, schools and their families, tourists, sports enthusiasts and fluffy friends.
Brooklyn Bridge Manhattan Inc. d/b/a Gotham Park is a 501(c)3 public charity.
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We're a nonprofit community organization working to reopen and activate the forgotten spaces below the Manhattan landing of the Brooklyn Bridge - reimagining this public space to benefit the health, happiness, economy and resilience of our local communities.
We need your financial help to make our collective vision a reality.
Gotham Park is a 501(c)(3) public charity. Our EIN is 86-1317846. All donations are tax-deductible as permitted under federal tax law.