SAVE THE BROOKLYN BANKS!

For decades, thousands of skateboarders, BMX Bikers and Traceurs use the Brooklyn Banks to practice, gather and socialize. Now NYC’s department of transportation is threatening to shut this amazing space down to make way for construction for 4 years.

On January 23, 2009, Steve Rodriguez of 5Boro organized a rally to save the Brooklyn Banks. This video by Nadia Lesy from Bullettrun touches on the Parkour community’s connection with the larger Bank’s community and their relationship to this very important space.

Few spaces remain open to urban youth to express themselves in NYC, which is why a compromise between the D.O.T. and the Bank’s community needs to be reached.

pop!talk is proud to join the rallying cry: SAVE THE BROOKLYN BANKS!

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