courtesy Curbed

••• Just across the bridge: Brooklyn Bridge Park opened today. “Given all the delays and drama regarding the construction of Brooklyn Bridge Park, maybe it’s appropriate that opening day for the first section of the park is so damp and dreary. But the mood is not! Arriving a little bit later to the party then expected is Pier 1, a 9.5-acre chunk of the planned 85-acre park running up the Brooklyn coast south of the Brooklyn Bridge that includes fields of green, waterfront promenades, a playground and the very cool ‘Granite Prospect’ stairway to nowhere [pictured] that will soon become one big pileup of lovey-dovey couples queuing up to take wedding photos. Behave yourselves, Bridezillas! Mayor Bloomberg (the park’s new boss), Governor Paterson and a host of local luminaries cut the ribbon this morning. Pier 6 down by the One Brooklyn Bridge Park condo complex is up next, but this is Pier 1’s day, gloomy as it may be.” (Curbed, which has a slideshow)

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••• The New York Times reviews the St. Petersburg State Ballet Theater’s performance at the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center.

••• “An employee at the Tribute WTC Visitor Center was arrested last week on charges of stealing thousands of dollars from the center, a Sept. 11 museum located near the World Trade Center site. Emmanuel Reyes, 25, was held on $2,500 bail after his arraignment Friday afternoon, at which he pleaded not guilty of stealing more than $40,000 from the visitor center at 120 Liberty Street. According to court documents, Reyes worked as a shift manager at the center from August 2009 until Feb. 22, 2010. During that time, Reyes allegedly altered register receipts from admission fees and donations to the center in order to hide the theft. He was arrested last Monday.” (Tribeca Trib)

••• Lady Gaga’s sister, Natali Germanotta, had her 18th-birthday party at Sazón. (New York Post)