Williamsburg Park

What can you expect from Brooklyn? You’d pay a premium to be lying on the grass listening to a concert.
It’s a big parking lot blocked off by tall fences. There’s plenty of beer stands and plenty of johns.
We enjoyed ourselves. Would go again if we lived there.

Came here to see Holy Ghost and New Order… not a bad venue. Standing room only but its a giant space.
Its a «park»…an industrial park, so don’t go looking for any shrubbery.

This is not a park; it is a «park-​ing lot». There isn’t a single tree in sight, not even a small patch of grass, the food is disgusting and the lines for the crappy beer are ridiculous.
The park (–ing lot) is by the water, so they claim, really? If by the water you mean that the East River is somewhere behind the warehouses that surround Williamsburg Park (–ing lot), then yes, I suppose it is by the water.
We went to see New Order last night and even the band referred to the venue as a «car park». The concert was great, because New Order is a great band, but it would have been so much (much) more enjoyable at the Prospect Park Bandshell or Central Park Stage or any other place but the Williamsburg Park (–ing lot).
First and last time, I don’t care who is playing at this venue, I will not be there. Sorry Williamsburg, you are a great hood and I love to hang out in your great bars and enjoy the delicious food at your local restaurants, but your park (–ing lot) sucks. Please stop calling it a «park» until someone plants at least one tree.

I think they ran out of names for this venue… they should have named this The Great Concrete Space of Williamsburg. I don’t mind the venue but the food options are non-​existent for vegans and vegetarians.
Don’t bother buying advanced tickets from ticketmaster (save yourself $$$) because I don’t think anyone can sell out this venue… unless of course, Bruce Springsteen is playing here.

Great place to see a show. I was here for 2012 Mad Decent Block Party. The stage itself is pretty big. I had a great view right in the middle of the stage right near the first actual section. There is still a great deal of the stage you can see if you are in the second complete section. I agree this place is a huge open lot and not really a giant park.
The day was great, venue was perfect but then this crazy storm hit and they shut the place down early. Look forward to come back here though.
–The Mad Decent party itself was just that MAD DECENT. I did get a bit shocked that the damn storm came and ruined my chance to see MAJOR LAZER. Loved some of the food sponsors that were here as well, and Free Vitamin Water, how can you complain about that. By the time I got there, everyone was inside I guess, no hassles at the gate and no massive list that they had to search for every name.

Saw David Byrne/​St. Vincent. Great show!
But not a lot to this venue. Straight concrete. Food options (which we didn’t take advantage of) seemed good (No. 7 Sub, Big Gay Ice Cream, some BBQ joint). However, for an evening in September, we were unable to locate any hot beverages.
The show did sound great though.

Went to the mad decent party here in early August.
You know the weird thing is that, being a completely *FREE* party they would have to try REALLY hard to get a bad review. But they tried, and they succeeded!
Hot hot hot day, and me being happily hydrated is very important. I get grouchy when I’m not. So walking into this place, I was quite surprised when they gentlemen at the gate starts b*tching about my camelbak. Ummm, it’s water. Sorry you have to empty it out. Um, really?
At some point these dirty operations will probably hit a lawsuit for sun exposure, but in the meantime enjoy the parking lot folks.

Their inability to maintain an informative website or make practical use of social media – for outdoor events costing $ 50/​tkt –makes this venue a complete loser.

Things you need to know about Williamsburg Park so you know what to expect upon arrival:
1. It’s not a park. It’s a huge open lot.
2. Unlike the East River State Park just a couple blocks down, where music events used to be held, it does not have the beautiful view of the Manhattan skyline. The stage and the warehouse behind it completely block the view.
3. There is no shade or any form of protection… so if the forecast is serious sunshine or rain, be prepared.
4. They have a good amount of food options.
Overall, as an outdoor venue it’s decent, but having experienced the previous waterfront venue location, I was a bit disappointed. How could you have a concert venue on the water and not offer the amazing sunset and skyline views?

Just saw My Morning Jacket perform here last night —
The hours posted on the ticket were even total fabrications, or just a suggestion of what might have happened in another universe. No big deal — it’s a fine way to increase food and drink sales.
The opening act was utterly dreadful (though that’s probably nothing to do with the venue itself, so I’ll overlook it), and looking about the place there were approximately zero people I could see enjoying the music.
MMJ rocked the house down.
All in all, quite excellent. Crowd was well behaved, though there were a few incidents immediately around me that made for interesting highlights. Food seemed reasonable and usual (I didn’t eat). Beer was reasonable, and not as over-​priced as it could have been.
Toilets were well provisioned, though I noticed some were out of hand sanitizer even at the start of the evening. By the end of the night they seemed to be up to the task, and the lines weren’t so bad, but they sure were fragrant!

Saw Jane’s Addiction here tonight.
We got the VIP tickets for like an extra five bucks, which gave us access to a small less crowded section off to the right of the stage, four drink tickets, and we didn’t have to wait in line to get in. And we used none of that. Ok, we didn’t wait in line, but the drink tickets went unused, and we had friends that found a good spot in front of the stage. Besides, they had alot of video and lights and dancers and such that couldn’t be seen from the VIP section anyhow…
The venue is kind of nice. It sounds great, although I didn’t go home with the ringing in my ears like most loud rock shows. We arrived late, so we missed the opening act, oh darn. But it was pretty packed when we got there, and the line for beer and wine was at least two hundred people deep each, hence the unused drink tickets. But first, you have to stand in the ID check line to get approved for the other lines.
We got there and basically bee lined straight for the stage, and they went on in just a few minutes, so I can’t give a complete tour of the place. I was looking around for some food, didn’t see any. I did see some unrelated vendors there. Kinda like when you go see a free movie at McCarren Park, and they’ll sell you a taco, a beer, and a cell phone contract. Same thing here, but no tacos, I looked.
Overall, not the worst music venue in NY, that would be Terminal 5, but of course not the best. Felt like we were at Lalapaloza for like an hour and a half, and my feet are still killin’ me. Wear comfortable shoes, the ground a bit hard. Anyway, a good show, great location (my old hood, I don’t miss them hipsters), and plenty of amazing restaurants and bars in the neighborhood if you want to get there early. I’d personally recomend The Burger Guru, Vinnies Pizza, Crif Dog, Surf Bar, An Nhau, Trix, Teddy’s, etc, etc, ok if it’s in Williamsburg, it’s usually good…

The use of the word «park» is a little misleading. Unless you want to get British about it and conjure up the idea of a car park. Because that is what it feels like to stand around this open concrete space, looking at the small stage surrounded by warehouses with a stunning view of … more warehouses.
It’s really just an open lot, folks. No grass, no view. There were about six tents serving drinks, and along the back there were a few tents with ice cream from Big Gay Ice Cream truck and some BBQ joint that neither of us had heard of, serving up regular and Mexican BBQ.
Tonight Cake performed an awkward two set gig with an intermission («like grown ups do, at the opera» –John McCrea) and no opener. It was hard to get much information going into this — will there be an opener? what time will Cake actually go on? I’ll chalk the lack of information to growing pains and lack of a proper website (they’re using a Facebook page at the moment). The bummer about this was Cake went on right at 7:30! to about a ¹⁄₃ full venue. It set the tone for the evening, so even when the place filled up about 8:30, the band was noticeably annoyed and performed less than stellar-​ly.
They have a decent line up of free and not-​free shows over the next few months, so let’s give them a chance to get their act together.