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Bridging Brooklyn: Your Weekly Roundup of Big Stories
Here's our roundup of stories from our sister sites that we thought were big news or just a good read.
Lakeside Danger!
An outspoken critic of the conditions at Prospect Park lake has sounded the alarm on a new danger: parkgoers walking on the lake — apparently completely unaware they are literally walking on thin ice. Critics say that the frozen lake is completely indistinguishable from land (though if you don’t know there is a body of water in Prospect Park, Fort Greene Patch suggests you join your fellow tourists in Central Park.) Park officials say that the current signage around the park is adequate.
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Fourth Avenue Station Overhaul
After many years, the east side entrance of the Fourth Avenue subway station will finally be reopened, the MTA announced last week. The renovation of the entrance will be part of the larger Culver Viaduct rehabilitation project, which is responsible for long-term service changes along the F and G lines through Park Slope. The dreary and dilapidated subway station will receive $3 million in aesthetic enhancements, as well.
Douglass/Greene Park Gets a Skatepark!
An underutilized park in the Gowanus is due for an overhaul that will feature new ramps for all the young Tony Hawks throughout Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill. Douglass/Greene Park has long been popular among skaters but lacked ramps and rails. Soon, the park will feature a half-pipe, stairs, launch ramps and more. On top of that, the park will also get a new play area, sprinkler zone, and picnic tables.
Douglass/Greene Park Design Plans Approved
Local Roughed Up by the Fuzz
A 28-year-old man says he was roughed up and thrown in handcuffs by a group of plainclothes cops who did not identify themselves until well after they had bruised his face. Kameron Walker said he was minding his own business on Feb. 5 when the cops surrounded him, eventually revealing that he matched the description of a suspect. Stop and frisks such as this have long been controversial, especially in Bed-Stuy and other predominantly black neighborhoods with an often strained relationship with police.
Bed-Stuy Resident to File Complaint Against the City Over Run-in With Cops
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