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Meet The Prospect Park Alliance’s New President & Hear Her Vision For The Park Tomorrow, February 18

Photo via Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.facebook.com/ProspectParkBrooklyn/photos/pb.10150099384115385.-2207520000.1424198988./10155216447060385/?type=3&theater] What would you like to see change at Prospect Park? Or, perhaps, there’s something you love at the park that you want to make sure remains the same? Whatever it

economics

As Fees Rise For City-Operated Athletic Facilities, Membership And Revenue Falls

Source: ebbandflowphotography via flickr.In 2010, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his administration raised the fees for residents looking to use City-run recreational facilities, including ball fields and tennis courts, looking for a bump in revenue. According to an exhaustive report [http://www.ibo.nyc.ny.us/iboreports/2013parkfees.html] by

Brooklyn Magazine

Read Any Good Books On Ocean Parkway Lately?

Brooklyn Magazine just named Ocean Parkway one of The 10 Best Places to Read a Book Outside [http://www.bkmag.com/BrooklynAbridged/archives/2013/07/30/the-10-best-places-in-brooklyn-to-read-a-book-outside?showFullText=true] , ranked alongside tranquil spots like the Botanic Garden’s Cherry Esplanade [http://www.bbg.org/discover/gardens/cherry_esplanade] and the

recreation

Video: Windsurfers Take Their Own New Years Day Plunge

In the first 30 seconds of the above video, I thought some new breed of elite soldiers landed in the sand trenches of Plumb Beach and were getting ready to infiltrate the neighborhoods of Southern Brooklyn. My fears, though, were unwarranted. Turned out it was just those lunatic windsurfers over

camping

Feds To Expand Camping At Floyd Bennett Field

Floyd Bennett Field. Source: Brokelyn (Ed. - I, personally, do not believe this is Floyd Bennett Field.)How did that camping stay-cation on June 10 amidst the goose-droppings [/lets-go-camping-in-marine-park/] in Marine Park work out for you? You remember the one — where the Parks Department established that bizarrely rigid lottery “between