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City opens ‘mini forest’ filled with native trees and grasses on Williamsburg waterfront

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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News

Grand Army Plaza Arch emerges from two-year, $8.9M restoration

By Adam Daly

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Arts & Entertainment

New Prospect Park sculpture ‘Monuments to Motherhood’ celebrates caregivers

By Gabriele Holtermann

red hook migratory bird mural

Red Hook

Migratory Pathways mural walk highlights native bird’s journey to New York

By Lauren Rapp

Arts & Entertainment

Chaos and creativity rule as 22nd annual Idiotarod shopping cart race rolls through Williamsburg

By Lauren Rapp

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Bay Ridge community board greenlights $30M facelift for Shore Road Promenade, Leif Ericson Park

By Naisha Roy

brownsville recreation center

70-year-old Brownsville Recreation Center receives $160M for total reconstruction

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Pot of gold: Sunset Park’s Rainbow Playground debuts $1.6M makeover

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Op-ed | Setting the record straight on the Mount Prospect Park skate park

By Ben Lowe

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Parks

Artists explore the ‘Park of Dreams’ in new installation at Grand Army Plaza

By Kirstyn Brendlen

red hook recreation center media lab

Parks

Media lab at Red Hook Recreation Center gets $100,000 upgrade

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Shirley Chisholm Prospect Park Alliance

Parks

Prospect Park Alliance to open new Shirley Chisholm Welcome Center in Brooklyn’s Backyard

By Jada Camille

man chipping tree at mulchfest

Cedar later! Say goodbye to your old Christmas trees at Mulchfest 2023

By Kirstyn Brendlen

prospect park fireworks

Parks

A time-honored tradition: Prospect Park to celebrate New Year’s Eve with annual fireworks show

By Kirstyn Brendlen

people at turkey trot race for reconciliation

Parks

A new tradition: Prospect Park Track Club works to raise money and awareness for Native American org at annual Turkey Trot

By Melissa Fishman

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Looking sharp! McGolrick Park gets $2M facelift, with seasonal farmer’s market to run year-round

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Fallkill Trail in Prospect Park

Prospect Park trail closed to visitors for decades reopens to the public

By Ximena Del Cerro

J'Ouvert celebration at Prospect Lefferts House

Parks

J’ouvert Genesis Immersive Experience celebrates Caribbean culture and tradition at Lefferts Historic House

By Isabel Song Beer

A delivery cyclist on an e-bike in a New York City park.

AMNY

City lifting ban on e-bikes in parks starting June 20 for yearlong pilot

bay ridge cares park clean up earth day event

‘Beautifying our planet can begin right here at home’: Bay Ridge Cares plans Earth Day park clean-up

By Isabel Song Beer

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