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Lauryn Hill-August 6th at Wingate Field — Brooklynian

Lauryn Hill-August 6th at Wingate Field

Assuming the weather holds out tonight, Lauryn Hill will be performing at the free concert series in Wingate Park (yay Uncle Marty!!). Show starts at 7:30, and make sure you bring a lounge chair or blanket because seating is limited and usually reserved for sponsors, etc.

DIRECTIONS TO WINGATE FIELD AND THE MLK JR. CONCERT SERIES
Entrances to the field are located on Winthrop Street and Brooklyn Avenue

By Car:

From Manhattan:
Take Manhattan bridge to Flatbush Avenue. Drive straight on Flatbush Avenue, approx. 3 miles, until you reach Rutland Road. At Rutland Road take a left. Continue straight on Rutland Road until you reach Brooklyn Avenue. The park and field are on your right.

From Long Island and South Brooklyn:
Take Belt Parkway to Exit 6N. Flatbush Avenue North. Take Flatbush Avenue approx. 5 miles to Rutland Road. At Rutland Road take a right. Continue straight on Rutland Road until you reach Brooklyn Avenue. The park and field are on your right.

Parking:
Privately operated lot available at Kings County Hospital on Winthrop Street between Albany and Brooklyn Avenues.

By Mass Transit:

Subway:
Take the number "2" or "5" trains to Winthrop Street. "5" runs rush hour only. Walk 2 blocks east.

By Bus:
B12 on Clarkson Avenue to New York Avenue. Walk north.

B44 on Nostrand Avenue and New York Avenues to Winthrop Street. Walk east.

Comments

  • anyone thinking of heading to this? I have my (grasping at not-straws but you know ... memories) love for the fugees and lauryn's unfortunately extremely religiously silly yet very well produced and musically intact first album to blame for my desire to go to the concert. I'd love to go with others. :)
  • The concert SUCKED.. .it started an hour late.. and "MS" Lauryn arrived 2 hours late..
  • nice. glad I stayed home to watch the closer instead ... sigh.
  • By the time I reached the park, they had shut it down. How long did Lauryn perform?
  • Subject: Lauren Hill's show

    how was her performance? I wanted to go, but was pretty tired--and I knew, given her track record, that she'd be extremely late if she showed at all. I also know that she still draws a huge crowd, so that and the fact that it threatened to rain, came me away.
  • Yeah, the concert was very sad. I left during the 4th song. She looked crazy and was acting crazy. I'm praying for her to get well.
  • Sounds like I didn't miss much. Were there any problems in the park with the large crowds?
  • Hundreds of people couldn't get in. The police did an excellent job controlling the crowd. There weren't and problems as far as the crowd goes. I think this story captures what happened pretty well. I didn't see the end of the concert but the beginning was crazy. It doesn't mention she didn't get on stage until 10pm.

    http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/08/07/lauryn-hill-shocks-fans-with-two-hour-plus-career-spanning-brooklyn-concert/
  • The concert wawss boring at first because she was doing her new stuff that nobody likes but her last 4 songs WERE GREAT AND SHE KILLED THE CROWD AND HAD THE PARK JUMPING! She ended the concert with "that thing" and was a proformance for the ages! You missed this than you missed it alll. All the REAL lauyn hill fans stayed and they were rewarded!
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