pier 2

We caught up with Eric Landau at his office atop the park to discuss his plans for Brooklyn Bridge Park, and what he learned during his first summer.

"We'll take the repercussions of being called NIMBYs," one neighbor said.

"If they decide that they're going to [close the pier] it's not a discussion," a spokeswoman for the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation said. "We follow their lead."

"When people say the solution here is to get rid of the basketball courts... [that] seems to be code for, 'We should make the park unattractive for certain demographics.'"

Go rollerskate on top of the East River this weekend.

Brooklyn Bridge Park's latest pier opens this week.

Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 2 is getting a little pool of its own.