PUBLIC ART IN PROSPECT HEIGHTS

I live in Prospect Heights , in the shadow of the grand Brooklyn Museum , surrounded by tree-lined streets and a mix of coffeeshops and Caribbean restaurants. The area has changed tremendously over the past few years, and it seems like there is a new construction zone on the corner every few blocks (thanks, Gentrification). I love Mike Perry's project for Pacific Park Arts to bring 10 murals to the construction barricades on Dean Street, around the corner from my home. Each by a different artist, the murals add so much color to what was a dull fenced-in area near Vanderbilt Avenue, and the one pictured above, by Hisham Akira Bharoocha , is my favorite. Stay...