Park named for Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch
Playground just blocks from where the musician grew up
Noel and Frances Yauch, second from left, and former Beastie Boys member Adam Horovitz and wife Rachael, with New York City and Brooklyn officials standing by the plaque marking Adam Yauch Park in Brooklyn, May 3, 2013. (Daniel Zuchnik/Getty/via JTA)
New York City honored the late rapper Adam Yauch, MCA of the Beastie Boys, by bestowing his name on a Brooklyn playground. The park, formerly called Palmetto Playground, is just a couple of blocks from where the musician grew up.
At the dedication ceremony last week, speakers included bandmate Adam Horovitz (aka Ad-Rock); Yauch’s parents, Frances and Noel, and Borough President Marty Markowitz, who rapped his own version of the Beastie Boys’ “Open Letter to NYC,” according to USA Today.
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