brookyn banks to be closed

(via prolly)
youve seen it in so many skate vids, bike vids, wherever. you know the brooklyn banks. you love the brooklyn banks. sadly, this news came through prolly's blog:

The city plans to use the internationally known Brooklyn Banks skate park as a staging area during the Brooklyn Bridge reconstruction, which is starting later this year and will last until 2014, said Ralph Musolino, a district manager for the city Parks Dept.

Via Downtown Express

hope it's not a permenent thing.
jmik