Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT PARK/DUMBO – Looking for things to do on Thursdays throughout August? Prospect Park Alliance is offering free carousel rides and the Under the Archway Series continues in DUMBO with live music and art beneath the Manhattan Bridge. Prospect Park Carousel (Photo by Paul Martinka courtesy of Prospect Park Alliance)
community
GOWANUS – Council Member Stephen Levin’s office hosted a Public Visioning Session Wednesday evening at 313 Butler Gallery to hear the community’s suggestions on three key areas in the northern part of Gowanus before the EPA and the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) finalize designs for the Gowanus Canal
Arts & Culture
PROSPECT PARK – Join the Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.prospectpark.org/] and Brooklyn Arts Council [http://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/] (BAC) in celebrating the borough’s cultural diversity at the inaugural Brooklyn Roots Festival [https://www.prospectpark.org/news-events/events/2018/7/29#brooklyn-roots-festival] this Sunday at Prospect Park’s Children’
Arts & Culture
SUNSET PARK – Before setting sail at the free community boating event [/free-community-boating-at-bush-terminal-park/] in Sunset Park tomorrow, head over to Bush Terminal Park early and help paint a new mural. The NYC Economic Development Corporation [https://www.nycedc.com/brooklyn] (NYC EDC) and Groundswell [https://www.groundswell.nyc/], a non-profit organization
Announcements
SUNSET PARK – A community rowing and paddling program kicks off at Bush Terminal Park on Saturday, providing locals access to the water while evaluating the possibility of creating a permanent public boating program and community boathouse in Sunset Park. Canoes outside Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse (Photo: Nathan Haselby)The Gowanus Dredgers
Greenpoint
GREENPOINT – Want to wish upon a star? A local stargazing group has just the opportunity for you—a free stargazing event open to the public tonight in Greenpoint. For a lot of Brooklynites, looking up at the night sky means spotting the skyline of Manhattan—the latest colors projected on
DUMBO
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – The bouncy, wooden pedestrian walkway that connects Brooklyn Heights to Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 1 has been closed to the public once again. Squibb Bridge (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Access to the 450 feet long Squibb Bridge [https://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/park/squibb-park-bridge], either from the Park
Borough Park
NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver joined City Council Member Kalman Yeger, former City Council Member David Greenfield, City Council Parks Chair Barry Grodenchik and community members to cut the ribbon on Brooklyn’s newly renovated DiGilio Playground. Photo by John McCarten /NYC CouncilBoro Park – Yesterday morning a green ribbon
Announcements
BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK – Brooklyn Bridge Park (BBP) officially opened Pier 3 [https://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/blog/park-updates/construction-update-pier-3-winter-progress] on Tuesday, July 10, the last of five piers to be converted at the 1.3 mile waterfront green space, adding another five acres of parkland for visitors to enjoy. The Central
Announcements
Last week City Parks Foundation [https://cityparksfoundation.org/?utm_source=Press&utm_campaign=373441d447-AdventureRaceRelease_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_13a10737d1-373441d447-208307409&mc_cid=373441d447&mc_eid=7a4d63109b] kicked off the CityParks Play [https://cityparksfoundation.org/play/] program, providing sports instruction, coaching, and equipment
Arts & Culture
A marching band in front of John Paul Jones Park last year (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)BAY RIDGE – Yo, Brooklyn! Here’s a chance to catch a classic movie under the stars tonight—Rocky will be playing in John Paul Jones Park. So pull up a camp chair under the Verrazano
Coney Island
Courtesy NYC ParksCONEY ISLAND – Don’t go in the water! At least, not yet… Would-be swimmers have complained about a lack of lifeguards between West 19th and 29th Streets at Coney Island that’s keeping them out of the water, the NY Post [https://nypost.com/2018/06/25/coney-island-has-a-major-lifeguard-shortage/