Shore Road Park

I love shore road park. It's beautiful and peaceful. I spend my summers here lounging and relaxing. The views are amazing, especially by the verrazano Bridge. Come on a slightly foggy summer night or a beautiful sunny day and take photos. This park stretches along the belt parkway down to the piers on 58th st.

I finally see what all the fuss is about. What a gorgeous, clean and serene park this is! This is the first time visiting on the 96 street side, as I usually enter on the Bensonhurst side in the 70s. A magical oasis right here in Brooklyn! What a treat this is!

Shore road has a little bit of everything--you'll catch people here doing various things like biking, jogging, at the basketball courts, fishing, playing tennis, etc.. I used to come here with a former mate, to sit at the pier at night, it's perfect for that. Nowadays, I only come here to walk and jog. It's nearby my home and not too over crowded, so I can walk or jog at a good pace.

I would definitely recommend coming here for a casual date, to a great family day at the park and maybe even for some fishing with your buddies. This park has a little bit of everything and is a great choice, if you're seeking a park with many options.

If you are looking for a good workout or just an easy stroll, you've come to the right place. What I like the best are the numerous big, gradual stairways with very wide stairs. They are perfect for running up and down in big, long strides. There are at least 5 or 6 such staircases in Shore Road Park between the 69th St. Pier and the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.

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This spectacularly beautiful park in Brooklyn is right along the shore with the perfect Verrazano Narrows Bridge towering over the area. I absolutely love it. It seems to have about 20 different names but then so does your wife when she is working at that job that she never told you about.

My dad grew up in Brooklyn and says that in the 70's and 80's this was not at all a clean place to visit and was pretty sketchy. When I told him I walked the park during my visit to a friend in Bay Ridge he was pleasantly surprised on how much it's cleaned up. This is a pretty bustling walking trail that can be accessed from the neighborhoods above. I'm not sure how long the whole trail is but I walked from scenic view point near the Verrazano Bridge to the pier near the water treatment plant. If you walk south you get views of the NYC skyline and north, the bay and bridge. Either way you get some nice refreshing breezes and a great way to get some steps in.
In the morning it seemed pretty safe with tons of people jogging, biking and walking. There are a few overpasses that help you safely cross over the Belt Parkway. If you want to vary your scenery you can walk the upper path that runs along the residential area for some shade and green space as part of any out and back you might want to do. I got in about 3 miles round trip and enjoyed seeing the Brooklyn and Manhattan waterfronts from a different point of view.
Definitely not the park my dad remembers!

For 20+ years I've been fortunate enough to live near Shore Road Park in Brooklyn. It's a great area for bike riding, jogging, frisbee playing and even fishermen! For the ones who want to walk/jog the path, you have a fantastic view of the Verrazano Bridge, as well as downtown NYC if you go further down the path.

There are also 4 tennis courts by the Verrazano Bridge next to the Belt Parkway at exit 2 and basketball courts further west. The bottom line is that it's a great park area to take a walk and just relax. On those warm days, the breeze comes in from the ocean and it really is a peaceful place to be. I highly recommend anyone to visit the area as it's just gorgeous.

Great park for cardio or leisure strolls. We did both, and the views are nice. You can cross the highway to be closer to the waterway, and there is a parking lot but it does fill quickly.

This Brooklyn bike path from the pier at Bary Ridge Ave to Bay Parkway is one of the gems of Brooklyn.!
The oneway distance is almost 5-miles.
Excellent surface, smooth, scenic and well marked.

Best time to ride is during the morning before the crowds.
Parking available around the Owlhead Park streets or the park lots along Shore Parkway.

One of my favorite places in Brooklyn.

There's a Beautiful view of the ocean, you get to smell the salt in the air as you run/jog/bike/ walk for miles. Older men are fishing along the path, smiling with sun weathered grins as they cast into the cold water.

Biking is perfect in the fall, or summer. A slight breeze, the sun is shining overhead, you're exercising without much panting or sweating and there's a Wendy's at the end of the park for your caloric ice cream craving.

If I lived closer, I would come everyday. There's something so soothing about the ocean.


Ps- I swore I would never eat the fish caught from here, one day I found lunching with a friend and her family. The fish, marinated in pepper flakes, oil and salt were fried, crispy, spicy and so delicious. Her family generously sent us home with a box of marinated fishes. Never say never!