Old Pier 1:
Located within Brooklyn Bridge Park, an 85-acre park on the Brooklyn side of the East River, are the remains of the Old Pier 1. Part of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway, formerly the industrial waterfront, the Brooklyn Bridge Park is part of a series of connecting parks and bike paths around Brooklyn; that extended from Atlantic Avenue in the south to Jay Street north of the Manhattan Bridge. The site includes Brooklyn Piers 1 to 6, the historic Fulton Ferry Landing, and the preexisting Empire–Fulton Ferry and Main Street Parks.
Throughout the 1950s, over 130 warehouses and 25 smaller piers were demolished along Brooklyn's waterfront, to accommodate larger ships and cargo. The New York Dock Company built 13 new piers between 1956 and 1964, including what is now Piers 1 to 6, within the Brooklyn Bridge Park area. Many of these warehouses were demolished or abandoned by the end of the 20th century, as trade technology advanced, so did trade routes. By 1970 much of the Brooklyn waterfront developments were mostly barren and decrepit, causing the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to end cargo ship operations in 1983. Today, Old Pier 1 provides a foreground interest for many photographers photographing the Manhattan skyline, from across the East River.
