Opponents seek to grind skatepark in Brooklyn’s Mount Prospect Park to a halt
Mayor Eric Adams’ plan to build a 40,000-square-foot skatepark in partnership with renowned skateboarder Tony Hawk has encountered opposition from Brooklynites who do not want to see their greenspace covered in concrete.
“We were shocked to hear of the plan to pave over a big swath of our beloved Mount Prospect Park, to replace it with a skateboard arena. We fully expected that our agencies and officials would consult before contemplating pouring concrete on green space that’s quite precious to us, for good reasons,” wrote the group's Co-Chairs Benjamin Lowe and Hayley Gorenberg.
Local pro skater Troy Gipson told Gothamist that more skateparks in New York City mean more opportunities for kids to get into the sport. “You would have to be living under a rock if you think paving over a green space is leadership,” Gorenberg said. “The climate crisis, the flooding that we’re experiencing, the COVID pandemic, all of these ongoing crises in our city, and the world, have more than taught us the lesson that we need to preserve our greenspace and if anything, to grow it.”
Hudson shot down opponents’ suggestions to relocate the planned skatepark to nearby Grand Army Plaza. She said the city had opted against that location due to traffic at the roundabout, where major thoroughfares including Flatbush Avenue and Eastern Parkway converge.
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