Fund the Final Mosiac and Mural in Newkirk Plaza’s Passageway

There’s more blank wall that needs filling to complete the Newkirk Plaza tunnel’s transformation from dank, dark and ugly to something to be proud of.

A Kickstarter to finish phase 2 of the the mosaic and mural in the Newkirk Plaza tunnel was just launched by the Newkirk Cares Collaborative. The project’s goal is $1,000 that’ll be used for mosaic materials like glue and cement, paint for the mural and for food to feed volunteers.

In Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, there is a passageway that leads from Marlborough Road to Newkirk Plaza, where thousands of New Yorkers pass through daily on their way to the subway. For years, the tunnel was dirty, sad and neglected but thanks to the work of the Newkirk Cares Collaborative, a large mural and a small mosaic were added to the walls of the passageway this summer. The space is now brighter, happier and more beautiful than before but the work has not been completed. There is is still one stark, blank wall that needs help.

This phase will feature additional mosaic work by Juan Carlos Pinto of the Brooklyn Recycle Project and the painting of Susan Jaramillo, who created the mural on the opposite wall of the passageway.

The new work will “continue in theme of dreams from the first mural, this time focusing on uplifting imagery of flying machines,” which seems quite a bit better than a dirty blank wall.

Check out the Kickstarter here.

Photo: Newkirk Cares Collaborative