Beco Park

About

Beco Park (French: Parc Béco; Dutch: Becopark) is an urban public park located along the Brussels Canal, on the border between the City of Brussels and the Molenbeek-Saint-Jean municipality of Brussels, Belgium. The park comprises the Quai des Matériaux/Materialskaai and the Quai Béco/Becokaai, along the Avenue du Port/Havenlaan, and covers 3 ha (7.4 acres). Once a key logistics hub for the city's construction industry, the site has since been redesigned into a contemporary public green space and is crossed by the Suzan Daniel Bridge.

Toponymy: The name Quai des Matériaux (in French) or Material Kaai (in Dutch), meaning "Materials Quay," reflects the site's historical function as a location for failure and transporting construction materials. It was officially designated by a decision of Brussels' municipal council on 15 January 1909, alongside the opposite Quai des Péniches/Akenkaai, during a period of expansion and development of the port infrastructure. Before this, the quay was part of the unvelled canal banks linked to the creation of the Bassin de Jonction/Verbindingsdok (now the Bassin Béco/Becodok) in 1905. The later gives its name to the Quai Béco/Becokaai ("Beco...