TELL THEM TODAY!

We shouldn’t sacrifice green urban park spaces for great skate spaces — especially in a climate crisis! Shift the poured-concrete construction to nearby already-paved space. Use info below to contact officials and spread the word.

Brooklyn Community Board voted against the Mount Prospect Park paving plan, in a detailed resolution addressing problems related to climate, process, and safety. The Board called paving green space for skate space “bad public policy” and welcomed skaters and skate construction “with open arms” — on already paved space. Friends of Mount Prospect Park and the thousands of community members who have signed our petition agree!

Speak up now to keep Mount Prospect Park green, so everyone can keep enjoying pickup soccer, picnics, and hanging out with family, friends and pets. Daycares and camps with no outdoor space can keep using it to play. Elderly people and people with disabilities can keep using it easily. Everyone can enjoy Mount Prospect Park’s flexible green space and shade trees for free! (And with $11M of our public money, the City can rehab nearby dilapidated skate spaces, and build opportunities on local paved space. Visit our Alternate Sites = Everybody Wins and Green Skaters pages for just a few examples.)

More paving = more heat. We have killer heat and too many paved heat islands — and the planet’s getting hotter. We want each green space decision to support our climate future. Officials should live up to the policies they put on paper.