Prospect Park has a new role: a giant, climate-fighting sponge. Mayor Eric Adams just unveiled a $68 million plan to curb the flash flooding that has plagued the park and its surrounding neighborhoods and the fix is surprisingly old school: let nature do its job.

The heart of the plan is the borough’s first-ever Bluebelt, a system that uses wetlands, ponds and natural drainage to capture and filter stormwater before it can flood Ditmas Park, Kensington, Prospect Park South and Windsor Terrace. Staten Island has been perfecting this approach for years, but now it’s Brooklyn’s turn to employ the water-management glow-up.

“By using Prospect Park to manage stormwater, we’re turning one of Brooklyn’s most cherished public spaces into a powerful tool for climate resilience,” DEP commissione

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