Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Kevin Jeffrey will join Borough President Marty Markowitz; State Senator Daniel Squadron; Council Member Stephen Levin; Beastie Boys member Adam Horovitz; parents of Adam Yauch and members of the Yauch family; and John Silva of Silva Artist Management will be present at the ceremony taking place this Friday at 11 AM.
Adam Yauch also known as MCA grew up in Brooklyn Heights, on State Street, and learned to ride a bicycle in the park that will now bear his name. A pioneer in the worlds of music, social activism and film, Yauch was not only a founding member of the Beastie Boys, but also established the Milarepa Fund that produced the Tibetan Freedom Concert benefits, and created the film production and distribution company Oscilloscope Laboratories.
Yauch passed away last year in his native New York City a near-three-year battle with cancer.
Adam Yauch Park (formerly Palmetto Playground) is located in the southernmost portion of the neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights on Atlantic Ave. Colombia Pl., State St. Brooklyn.
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