BP Adams Allocates Millions For Local Dance, Arts And Cultural Groups

Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams presented honorary checks to organizations that are helping to build the “Brooklyn brand” throughout the borough. (Photo Credit: Malcolm McDaniel/Brooklyn BP’s Office)

A massive windfall in funds is coming in 2016 to dozens of Brooklyn cultural institutions and libraries thanks to an investment of over $8 million in funds from Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams.

The Green-Wood Historic Fund in Greenwood Heights will receive $130,000 for a new trolley and caboose for public tours for their sites.

Other investments were made in Dancewave in Park Slope ($250,000), Prospect Park Zoo ($175,000), the Brooklyn Public Library ($3,225,000 for the Saratoga, Spring Creek, Sunset Park, Highlawn, Ulmer Park, and Coney Island branches), Brooklyn Historical Society ($50,000), Brooklyn Arts Council ($45,000), St. Ann’s Warehouse in DUMBO ($200,000), New York Aquarium ($500,000), STREB Lab for Action Mechanics in Williamsburg ($250,000), and the Eyebeam art and technology center in Sunset Park ($39,000).

“Culture is what makes Brooklyn; our diversity, our creativity, and our unique blend of lifestyles have birthed a quality-of-life that is second-to-none,” said Borough President Adams. “We have to preserve, promote, and produce high-quality cultural experiences to keep us firmly planted as the center of the cultural universe. Investment in cultural institutions and libraries is good for Brooklynites in ways that are not always visible to the naked eye; studies show their positive impact on public health, small businesses, civic engagement, and youth development.”