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Adam Yauch Park In Brooklyn Heights (credit: Marla Diamond/WCBS 880)

Brooklyn Heights Park Named After Late Beastie Boy Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch

Palmetto Playground on State Street in Brooklyn Heights is where Yauch learned to ride a bike, hung out with friends and helped launch the Beastie Boys.

2013/05/03

Rapper Adam Yauch, AKA MCA, of the Beastie Boys has died May 4, 2012 after battling cancer. He was 47. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)

Hartnett: MCA And Beastie Boys Will Never Be Duplicated

Adam “MCA” Yauch of the Beastie Boys passed away Friday but left behind a standard for young artists to strive toward.

CBS New York–2012/05/04

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