Brooklyn Strand

7 Trinity Park
Overview:
Current Conditions:
Opportunity:
Trinity Park is a quiet pocket park on Nassau St between the
Manhattan Bridge and the Brooklyn Queens Expressway (BQE). To the
north is a large area (approximately five acres) of Park-owned land that
is inaccessible to the public, cut off by BQE access ramps.
The interchange between the BQE and the Manhattan Bridge currently has
duplicative ramps that further decrease usable park land. Sands St (between
Gold St and Jay St) and Gold St (between Sands St and Nassau St) are
currently dominated by traffic infrastructure, lack pedestrian continuity, and
lack amenities and services. Also, there is a need for a crossing between Jay St
and Gold St. Pedestrian access to the Bridge is provided via Manhattan Bridge
Plaza. Though beautifully renovated, Manhattan Bridge Plaza is currently not
universally accessible. The Jay St east sidewalk is interrupted by the Manhattan
Bridge Jay St exit ramp, redundant with the Concord St exit one block south.
This area presents a large opportunity to reimagine and activate the large
and completely disconnected area north of Trinity Park and to improve
streetscaping and both pedestrian and bike traffic more appropriately
throughout this area. In regard to bike traffic, this interchange presents an
opportunity to further enhance bike access along Nassau St, reconfigure
access to the Manhattan Bridge and create a new east-west connection across
Flatbush Ave. Connections to the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway gives bicycle
infrastructure and connection to the Manhattan Bridge in this area a broader
significance.
Brooklyn Strand Urban Design Action Plan — May 2016
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