Gotham Park is a grass-roots community effort reimagining how spaces under the iconic Brooklyn Bridge in Manhattan can become a new type of urban community park that nurtures connection, curiosity, wonder, and resilience. The bridge is a sleeping giant, a landmark recognized the world over, but it lands in a fenced-off, dark, underutilized parking lot. Gotham Park is transforming that space into a neighborhood nexus connecting and strengthening residents, businesses, and communities.

Built upon the spirit of the original Brooklyn Banks skate mecca, Gotham Park will restore the Banks while expanding public space and access to create a variety of flexible play spaces that inspire, engage and delight all ages. Woven together from the vaults, arches, and land beneath the Brooklyn Bridge, Gotham Park is building a hyper-urban, iconic public space for its communities, by its communities.

Saturday Tour: 9am
Tour Gotham Park with founder Rosa Chang. This hour-long tour can accommodate up to 25 people, first-come-first-served. Meeting location: information booth at the southwest corner of Rose Street and Avenue of the Finest

Saturday Programs

• 10am-2pm: Gotham Park Scavenger Hunt—self-guided activity
• 10am-12pm: Garden Stewardship activity led by Gotham Park staff. Space is limited, first come first served.
• 12pm-1pm: Yoga Class led by Gotham Park staff. Space is limited, first come first served.
• 1-2pm: Open Community Skate—an open casual skate session at the skatepark

Family Programming: all programs are multigenerational

The Gotham Park terrain includes several slants and slopes, which may present varying levels of difficulty depending on the user’s mobility needs and the steepness of the gradients. While the ramps provide a crucial means of access, the presence of uneven surfaces and inclines means that some areas might be more challenging to navigate. Overall, the park offers a range of accessible features but may require careful navigation to fully enjoy all its areas.

Please note that our park is situated within an NYPD security clearance zone. As a result, vehicle access is restricted, and visitors must walk or use wheeled mobility devices to pass through the NYPD checkpoint to reach the park.