Instead of a bridge, Squibb Park may be getting a ramp. Make that several ramps. According to this week’s print edition of the Brooklyn Heights Courier, Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe hopes to build a “modest” skate boarding area within the now-shuttered playground that sits below Columbia Heights at the northern end of Brooklyn Heights. (Last week it was announced that budget cuts would result in a planned bridge linking Squibb with Brooklyn Bridge Park not getting built.) “We got some great parks in Brooklyn Heights for younger kids and they are packed, but there’s no place for older kids, the eight- to 12-year-olds,” Benepe said. “It could be a great place for the older kids with small skateboard feature in it.” Think this is a good idea?
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