Its location at the base of the Brooklyn Bridge in Brooklyn Bridge Park, an 85 - acre
green space on the East River, means
easy access to running and biking trails, sports fields, and picnic - ready lawns.
Finding a place
to hike or picnic in Scotland's cities just got
easier with the introduction of what is thought
to be the world's first comprehensive, interactive online map of urban
green space — 429 square miles in all.The interactive map, prepared by the charitable organization Greenspace Scotland with government support, allows anyone with
access to a computer
to search for
green space using place names or postcodes, or just by scrolling around, the BBC reported today, noting the environmental as well as recreational benefits: