The park runs parallel to both Bremen Street and the Mass Pike/Route 1A and acts as a green space buffer between Logan International Airport and the residential neighborhoods of East Boston.

In 1989, the Massachusetts Highway Department began proceedings to acquire the land by eminent domain as part of the Big Dig project.

[6][9] Directly across from Airport Station, at the Brooks Street entrance to the park, lies a large spray fountain open to the public during the summer months.

[10] Along the north-east edge of the park, across from the Boston Public Library, lies a community garden, which offers residents a place to grow their own flowers, vegetables, and plants.

[12] The glass façade was designed to provide an open view of Bremen Street Park and in January 2014, MassPort donated $25,000 to support a year's worth of programs at the library.

After the decline in rail use for goods transport in the 1960s, the engine house was closed and the building was used as a manufacturing facility for the Standard Box Spring Company.

[17] Pressley Associates Landscape Architects of Boston designed the park's dog play area with a surface of crushed gravel, replacing the site's original cobblestones.

At the center of the amphitheater lies a cement platform with a map of East Boston and the original islands that made up the area.

In the middle of park lies a monument of Donald McKay, an East Boston Resident best known as the builder of clipper ships, including the Flying Cloud.