Bay Ridge Rocks inspires local mom to turn bricks into “brownstones”
After a long day being a full-time mom, Dawn Kendall sets a washed newfound brick, cleaned of ants and dirt, on her kitchen counter. She then pulls plastic bins with art supplies from their hiding places in her two-bedroom apartment and waits for the brick to dry completely.
In the calm and quiet night, she unwinds and spends an hour painting what is for her a sacred family home — a brownstone that used to stand in Carroll Gardens.
Once done, she snaps a photo and posts on a Facebook page called ‘Bay Ridge Rocks!’ which has gained a following of 2,013 members in the seven months since the two moms who founded what has become a neighborhood-wide movement left their first painted rocks for strangers to find here and there around the community.