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Brooklyn officials and community members gathered Sunday in Columbus Park to demand the eviction of judges from a private parking lot built on parkland. Shown center: Councilmember Lincoln Restler with P.S. 261 student Olivia. Photo: Mary Frost/Brooklyn Eagle

From parking to parkland: Brooklyn residents push to evict judges from private lot

June 1, 2026

“Where’s our park? Right here,” the crowd chanted, waving handmade signs reading “Parks, Not Parking” and “Parks Are For People.”

Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and its design partners unveiled its latest ideas for redesigning Columbus Park at a Borough Hall presentation on Thursday, May 15. Renderings courtesy of DBP

Latest design ideas for Brooklyn’s Columbus Park unveiled

May 19, 2025

The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, its design team and elected officials unveiled some big, bold ideas at a presentation on Thursday.