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Party animals! Dumbo Family Fest brings critters, kids to Brooklyn Bridge Park

Party animals! Dumbo Family Fest brings critters, kids to Brooklyn Bridge Park
Photo by Jason Speakman

It was a wild time!

Brooklynites of all ages had a blast at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Dumbo Family Festival on April 23, monkeying around on the Dumbo green space’s new rock-climbing wall, watching a doggie obstacle course competition, and getting up close an personal with a menagerie of wildlife including possums, owls, and turtles.

“It was a great experience,” said Meghna Patel of Park Slope, who also brought along friends visiting from India to check out the festivities.

Patel’s daughter Sahana got a sparkling glitter “tattoo” and climbed the new bouldering wall, while other attendees grooved to the kid-friendly sounds of local performers Mil’s Trills and Moona Lunam, played games on the lawn, and planted flowers on a 20-foot long replica of the Brooklyn Bridge.