It is perhaps unsurprising that plans to build a new skateboarding park in Brooklyn have met with resistance. As we learned during COVID, few things cause more consternation in the souls of leftists than the possibility that someone, somewhere, might be enjoying a good time.
So naturally environmentalists are opposing plans from Mayor Eric Adams, working with legendary skateboarder Tony Hawk, to build a 40,000-square-foot skate center in the Mount Prospect Park. Despite plans to integrate the existing green space, there are complaints from these quarters, calling it the “paving over” of green space. This opposition is short-sighted. As AEI fellow and skateboarder Samuel Abrams recently wrote, “Despite the intense local opposition, the fact remains that skate parks are critically important third places that drastically improve neighborhood social capital and community strength. The city should move forward with this vital amenity and be lauded for trying to keep its parks dynamic.”
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