NO SLEEP IN BROOKLYN HEIGHTS: Adam Yauch Playground
The Palmetto Playground at Columbia Heights and State Street in southwestern Brooklyn Heights could be renamed as the Adam Yauch Playground, after a founding member of the Beastie Boys rock-hip hop group, as early as this Friday, the Brooklyn Heights Blog reported this week.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported last year about the petition drive to rename the playground for Yauch, who grew up in the Heights and went to Edward R. Murrow High School in Midwood. Yauch, who went by the name of “MCA” when he was with the group, was diagnosed with cancer in 2009 and died last year.
At the time, Kathleen Hanna, the wife of fellow Beastie Boys member Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz, confirmed that her husband was working with the city Parks Department to have the playground renamed for Yauch.