BROOKLYN, NY — Happy Sunday! Here are five Brooklyn stories that made headlines during the past week:
1) Best Party Ever? Bill Nye, Questlove Plan Epic NYC Light Experiment — Attendees will be able to change the colors of the World Trade Center spire with the movement of their feet.
2) Brooklyn Bridge's Wooden Walkway May Be Widened in Next Few Years — A new, $370,000 city study will assess the feasibility of significantly widening the Brooklyn Bridge promenade.
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3) City's $100M Offer to Buy Land for Promised Williamsburg Park Just Expired — The city offered a businessman $100M for land needed to complete Bushwick Inlet Park — but he didn't bite. So what happens now?
4) 'Not a Perfect Soldier, But a Good Person' — Fans of the Captain America universe swarmed to Prospect Park to see the park's new statue of the superhero — and celebrate his life ideals.
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5) NYPD Muzzles Community Cops in Sunset Park, South Slope and Windsor Terrace — Crime is up in Sunset Park — but the NYPD won't let Patch speak to the 72nd Precinct commander, nor the precinct's new community officers.
Top image courtesy of Brooklyn Bridge Park
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