Bush Terminal Piers Park — Attraction in New York

Went to this place with my girl and sister and friend, wanted to end the day by walking down the rocks that lead into the ocean and end it on a good note then some African American guy jogged past us and said "is there a problem here?!" Which then I stared at him not knowing who he was talking to nor why he even said that so then we ignored him and stood there to watch the sun which was a beautiful view then literally 20 seconds later he comes back and says "did you not here me because I can just leave you here and lock the gates and call the cops for trespassing!" Which got me upset so I said "why are you acting so rude this is the first time we are hearing you say this like we literally just got here" then my friend said "we are leaving rn so nothing to worry about" then this guy then said "you aren't leaving you are just standing there!" Which got me and my friend very upset and we went back and forth with the dude and so he showed us his little leaf on the left upper side of his black jacket and was like "you see this, I work here so it's my job to tell you to get out!" Also I forgot to mentioned this guy was tall and standing in front of the exit where we were supposed to leave but he was backing up while yelling at us so after he yelled and ruined our day my buddy told him all of that was unnecessary and that we were walking right at the moment so he shouldn't be still going and it's done so then this guy then gets out of his car and walks towards us like he's expecting a fight so he's like walking aggressively and he says "It is nessesary so you can leave or get called on for tresspassing!" So my friend told him to drop it and he jumped in his little car and drove through the crowd of people leaving through the gate and closed the first gate and then closed one of the doors on the second gate while we and other families young and old were still trying to leave which was very ridiculous, I understand if you are having a bad day and want to get home but I know at any job you don't dare speak to the people that way no matter what..I hope you guys read this and work on that and talk to the person idk if you guys have a schedule of who works what days but I'll still give the date of when this happen so you can do something if you care at all for what people think of the park...beautiful view and would have been the perfect day but that just squashed it. It all happened...

I walked here on a whim from Industry City and realized that while I'll never go back to that (it's a cookie-cutter fake hipster mall), this park is unique.

You get amazing views of the southern tip of Manhattan and New York Harbor, soccer fields under the shadow of an old warehouse, walking trails, and secluded corners at the water's edge. All totally unpretentious and uncrowded.

This park has been in development since 2012 and still isn't done. That shows with some rough edges: un-removed crumbling concrete and fenced off areas. It's probably due to the incompetence of the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), which owns the project. That's hardly a surprise since in NYC, public infrastructure doesn't get built without cost overruns and ineptitude.

It's fine. I'd love a finished park, but that will never happen. I'll be back to enjoy the...

Wonderful new park in Sunset Park. They are starting to develop the waterfront area here into a greenway and common park space. Pretty good job so far. Large soccer fields and a long waterway walkway. They have a great long pier as well that stretches out to the water which provides great views of the Statue of Liberty and Lower Manhattan. The greenspace is well manicured with lovely flowers and trees. Towards the soccer fields you'll find some grassy areas for relaxing or a picnic and a bathrooms and water fountain area. Parking is scarce right now as it's a small lot. Great place for kite flying as you'll find some of the winds coming up from the Bay and large open areas. There's also a bikeway as well. Also a estuary and protected wildlife section. Plenty of ducks, egrits, and...