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Several hundred community members made their presence felt at the first official public gathering for the proposed “Brooklyn Skate Garden.”

Opposing sides clash in first ‘Brooklyn Skate Garden’ community meeting

March 27 | Wayne Daren Schneiderman  

PROSPECT HEIGHTS — Nobody was able to coast through this meeting. Both sides were determined to cut an edge. Proponents of the proposed “Brooklyn Skate Garden,” slated to be built in Mount Prospect Park, were met with the opposition — in addition to a significant share of supporters — Monday evening in the auditorium of […]

Benjamin Anderson Bashein (left), CEO of The Skatepark Project.Photo courtesy of The Skatepark Project

Neighbors of Mount Prospect Park continue to protest skateboard arena

March 8 | Wayne Daren Schneiderman  

Full slideshow below GRAND ARMY PLAZA — A second community meeting to discuss the proposed “Brooklyn Skate Garden” slated to be built in the middle of Mount Prospect Park took place on Thursday at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Grand Army Plaza branch. The meeting, hosted by Cultural Row Block Association, Eastern Parkway (CuRBA), brought out […]

Interior of Alta Calidad.Photo credit: Eater NY.

Chef Akhtar Nawab expands the dining experiences in Prospect Heights

January 31 | Alice Gilbert

Akhtar Nawab and I sat down amongst the nearly full tables at Alta Calidad at the apparently very happening hour of 2:00 p.m. on a Wednesday. A corner restaurant with ample natural light and a prime location right on Vanderbilt Avenue, it’s easy to see why this makes a good weekday lunch destination. The space […]