Arts & Culture
PROSPECT PARK – In honor of BRIC [https://www.bricartsmedia.org]‘s 40-year milestone, the media organization commissioned the New York-based Peruvian artist Grimanesa Amorós to create a monumental light installation. HEDERA by Grimanesa Amorós at Prospect Park Bandshell (Photo: Nathan Haselby) Inspired by the shape of Prospect Park’s Bandshell
Boerum Hill
FORT GREENE – Members of the Brooklyn Bear’s Rockwell Place Community Garden [https://brooklynbears.wordpress.com/rockwell/] will host their annual Summer Solstice Celebration on Thursday despite fears of a “serious threat to the Garden’s future.” Brooklyn Bear’s Rockwell Place Community Garden at Lafayette & Flatbush (Photo: Pamela
brownsville
BROWNSVILLE – Even as the city responds to community organizing for better parks in Brownsville, a new report shows significant failures in access and upkeep—and warns that a planned upgrade may temporarily create a serious open space vacuum in the Brooklyn neighborhood. The report from New Yorkers for Parks [http:
Arts & Culture
COLUMBIA STREET WATERFRONT DISTRICT – A giant garden gnome depicting painter Pablo Picasso wearing flip-flops and mowing a lawn is catching the eyes of passersby on Columbia Street. The Spanish Gardener by Elliott Arkin (Photo: Nathan Haselby)The Spanish Gardener, the ten-foot-tall sculpture created by Brooklyn-based artist Elliott Arkin, was unveiled
Announcements
WILLIAMSBURG – On Sunday, June 10, Domino Park – New York’s newest public park on the waterfront will open to the public with grand opening celebration between 12 p.m. and 4 p.m. The six-acre, privately-funded park, designed by the lead designers of the High Line, James Corner Field Operations,
Announcements
PROSPECT PARK – Last week the Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.prospectpark.org/news-events/news/name-weed-harvester/] unveiled the newest addition to its fleet—a new aquatic weed harvester—and they need the public’s help in naming it. Prospect Park’s new aquatic weed harvester via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS/PROSPECT HEIGHTS – The Brooklyn Botanic Garden [https://www.bbg.org/] hosted a ground-breaking on Wednesday morning for the new Robert W. Wilson Overlook that will offer visitors expansive views above the Garden’s Cherry Esplanade when it debuts in Summer 2019. Ground-breaking event for Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s
community
FORT GREENE – After more than a year under construction, Fowler Square, the pedestrian plaza located at the intersection of Fulton Street and Lafayette Avenue, reopened to the public in May with an enhanced infrastructure, traffic calming features, and lots of new amenities for visitors. Fowler Square, Fort Greene (Photo: Nathan
community
Greenpoint’s McGolrick Park will once again host a farmer’s market in the park proper, starting this weekend (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)GREENPOINT – The McGolrick Park farmers market will return to park grounds this weekend after being briefly sidelined by construction. Community opposition to the move was instrumental in reversing
Announcements
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Locals upset over the loss of Brooklyn Bridge Park [https://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/press/brooklyn-bridge-park-announces-plans-to-build-a-permanent-pool] ’s much-loved pop-up pool [http://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/attractions/pop-up-pool] will be happy to hear that a permanent pool is planned for nearby Squibb Park in Brooklyn Heights. Rendering courtesy of Brooklyn Bridge
Announcements
BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK – The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy [https://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/press/brooklyn-bridge-park-conservancy-partners-with-smorgasburg-celebrates-women-directors-at-movies-with-a-view-1] announced on Thursday this summer’s Movies With A View lineup [https://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/event-series/movies-with-a-view], featuring eight films that celebrate the work of women, trans-women, and genderqueer directors. Movies With a View in Brooklyn
Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT PARK – Boasting approximately 70,000 daily riders and 12,000 bicycles spread across more than 750 stations in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens, popular bike-share program Citi Bike [https://www.citibikenyc.com/] will mark its five-year anniversary this Sunday with a day-long celebration at Prospect Park. Along with cake, a