Posts Tagged ‘mccarren park’
Point Break In McCarren Park
You’re sayin’ the FBI’s gonna pay me to learn to surf? Keanu Reeves and Gary Busey chase down bank robbing surfers disguised as ex-presidents, led by zen-surf-speaking ring leader Patrick Swayze… Just catch your first tube down to McCarren Park Ballfields tonight and enjoy Point Break as the second-to-last of the SummerScreen series. McCarren Park [...]
14 Bayard Squeezes Into McCarren’s Karl Fischer Row
This building at 14 Bayard Street just squeezed in on the south side of McCarren Park. It’s dwarfed by the Karl Fischer row of buildings at 20 Bayard, 30 Bayard (Aurora), 50 Bayard (Ikon) and looks to stand equal with the Lotus building at 2 Bayard on the right. In a matter of weeks this [...]
2010 Tour de Brooklyn: Get Your Lycra Ready!
The Tour de Brooklyn is getting ready to roll through your BK neighborhood. This Sunday, June 6, 9 a.m. sharp, the 18-mile, family-style bike tour will be winding its way from McCarren Park, down to Redhook for a breather and then back up to finish the loop at McCarren. The annual ride, hosted by the [...]
(Rubber) Chicken Tossing In McCarren Park
On Saturday, May 22nd, the Punk Rope Games will descend on Williamsburg, Brooklyn’s McCarren Park. Starting at 10:15am the games will commence with the procession of “nations” with the games themselves kicking off at 10:30am. The games are crafted after elementary school styled recess activities – like jumping rope and the rubber chicken toss (strangely, [...]
McCarren Park Expansion Plan
New Williamsburg greenspace!? It appears McCarren Park may be taking over a portion of Union Avenue between Driggs and Bayard. The Open Space Alliance (a parks advocacy group) has proposed a permanent transference of the street to pedestrian friendly park land. If the plan goes through, all traffic would be re-routed to Lorimer or North [...]
