Aug 25, 2015 2 min read Brooklyn Arts Council

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 New Dancewave Center in Park Slope will be constructed and renovated with Borough President Adams $250,000 commitment. The space will be three times the size of the current center and function as a community hub, and will feature dance training for all ages, affordable rehearsal space, community events, performances, workshops, and artist talks.

“Dancewave is deeply appreciative of our capital funding allocation from Borough President Adams for our 182 4^th Avenue capital project,” said Diane Jacobowitz, executive/artistic director of Dancewave. “The New Dancewave Center, expected to be completed in 2017, will serve thousands of youth and adults from across the city, creating a vibrant community-based cultural center right in the heart of 4^th Avenue! Thank you Borough President Adams and the New York City Council for supporting our project; we can’t wait to host you there!”

Other investments were made in the Green-Wood Historic Fund ($130,000), 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.”