Back in June when the Brooklyn Banks Big Banks section reopened, we heard that the Small Banks—the most famous part of the Banks—was slated to be open by now. Well, what can we say, progress has been slower than expected. Nothing had been dug up or moved around, until we saw this IG story post from Steve Rodriguez over the weekend:
Obviously we started frothing. Quartersnacks had an update posted before we had a chance to reach out to Steve or anyone at Gotham Parks (the two entities responsible for the Big Banks reopening). The Small Banks won't be an exact replica to how they once were, mainly because of the tree planters, and no word on the famous wall-into-the-offramp, but we figured this would be a good opportunity to repost the When The Brooklyn Banks Were Dangerous mini-interview series we did over the summer. If you missed any, dive in and get educated on the history:
Sean Kelling had a great one too:
