PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDENS — A citywide art project that aims to bring New York’s immigrants "out of the shadows" and onto city streets has come to the neighborhood.
A large mural of 39-year-old Mariela Goicochea, a Peruvian immigrant, appeared over the weekend at Parkside and Flatbush avenues, according to The Q at Parkside blog.
The image is one of 14 portraits of New Yorkers born in other countries created by the anonymous French street artist JR for the New York Times Magazine “Walking New York” cover story this week.
“Everybody is from somewhere, and that’s the strength of the city,” the artist told the magazine.
The portrait of Goicochea is located on the Parkside Avenue side of Duane Reade. The rest of the paper-and-paste murals are scattered in various locations in the five boroughs. The five other portraits located in Brooklyn are in Red Hook, Greenpoint, Williamsburg and DUMBO.
