Newly opened Uplands upgrade B’Bridge Park’s Pier 5

See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperThey put paradise onto a parking lot.
The lush, hilly landscape of Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 5 Uplands opened to the public on Thursday, and Brooklynites who visited the rolling-countryside–inspired retreat were relieved to find a greened-up waterfront parcel where a giant stretch of concrete used to be.“I’m glad they finally did something with this space,” said Bedford-Stuyvesant resident Beverly Smi