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North Brooklyn’s coolest concert venue is a public park that gets zero public money, so it throws raves to survive

Under the K Bridge Park turned the Kosciuszko Bridge base into a top concert venue. It is a public park that gets no public money, so it throws raves.

Under the K Bridge Park, a public park beneath the Kosciuszko Bridge in Brooklyn

North Brooklyn’s coolest concert venue is a public park that gets zero public money, so it throws raves to survive

Under the K Bridge Park turned the Kosciuszko Bridge base into a top concert venue. It is a public park that gets no public money, so it throws raves.

North Brooklyn’s coolest concert venue is a public park that gets zero public money, so it throws raves to survive
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Under the K Bridge Park, the patch of green that turned the base of the Kosciuszko Bridge into one of North Brooklyn’s hottest concert venues, has a problem most cool venues don’t. It is a public park, and it gets no public money to operate. So the nonprofit that runs it, the North Brooklyn Parks Alliance, keeps the plants watered and the seating intact by throwing dance parties with Peggy Gou and charging you a fee to fund the grass.

The New York Times framed it as a feel-good story on May 30, “Partying With a Purpose,” reporting the concerts have drawn more than 350,000 people since 2022 and raised…

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