86 Kent Avenue

 

4.6 acres

Kent Ave, East River, North 9th Street, North 10th Street

Status: Completed. Land acquired by New York City in 2007. The multi-purpose field opened in 2009. The park headquarters building, the playground and waterfront esplanade opened in 2013. This was the first section of BIP to open to the public.

History: This parcel was part of Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal. In the years immediately prior to city ownership the site served as a trucking depot and rental car storage. The headquarters building features a highly efficient heating-cooling system that uses geothermal wells, heat pumps and radiant floors, a green roof with a shade structure composed of photovoltaic cells that provides solar energy power to the building, and a rainwater collection system providing irrigation water to the green roof. The park was designed by Kiss + Cathcart Architects with Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects.

 

86 Kent green roof and athletic turf aerial view
86 Kent green roof and athletic turf aerial view. Photo credit: FBIP

 

86 Kent - District Parks Headquarters Building
86 Kent – District Parks Headquarters Building. Photo credit: FBIP

 

Soccer players on the 86 Kent turf at twilight
Soccer players on the 86 Kent turf at twilight. Photo credit: FBIP

 

Summer Music Series at the 86 Kent waterfront
Summer Music Series at the 86 Kent waterfront. Photo credit: FBIP