via Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Waterfront Park Plans Sinking
Greenpoint and Williamsburg have just 0.6 acres of open space per 1,000 residents – far below the city average. Some 33 new acres of promised parks have yet to materialize.
Place: Brooklyn
via Dominion of New York
Skateboard Park Ramps Up
The new skateboard park at Brower Park in Crown Heights is proving a popular spot for the sport – and for lessons in its culture and history.
via The Local
A Move to Mark the Wright House
A local group wants to highlight the unmarked Fort Greene home where "Native Son" Richard Wright once lived.
via City Limits
Giving Citizens a Budgeting Voice
Residents of four City Council districts will soon vote on how to spend $1 million in their communities as part of a pilot program called participatory budgeting.
via New York Daily News
Long Waits at Food Stamps Center
Lines outside – and inside – the Northern Brooklyn Food Stamp and DeKalb Job Centers are typical, clients say.
A Birds’ Eye View in Prospect Park
The Audubon Society runs free birdwatching tours in the Brooklyn park, which is home to some 250 aviary species.
via The Local
Hot Jazz for Cool Seniors
On Friday nights, Brooklyn's Grace Agard Harewood Senior Center is transformed into a nightclub called Jazz 966.
Board Game Store Roles the Dice
Brooklyn's Twenty Sided Store sells board games, but dedicates much of its space to tables for gaming events.