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COURIER L 4 IFE, DECEMBER 10-16, 2021
BY JESSICA PARKS
The nationally renowned
Dyker Heights Christmas
Lights, colloquially known
as just “the Dyker Lights,”
have returned to the southern
Brooklyn neighborhood for
the holiday season — and people
are already showing up en
masse to see the larger-thanlife
displays.
“I would say the crowd
sizes are signifi cantly bigger
already, and we are only in the
fi rst weekend of the event,” Josephine
Beckmann, district
manager of Community Board
10, told Brooklyn Paper when
asked how this year might
stack up against 2020, when
not all residents participated
and many stayed home due to
the pandemic.
The homegrown event
started in the 1980s and has
grown in popularity over the
years, now drawing thousands
of annual visitors who
come to see some of the most
decorated houses in the country,
and turning the quiet residential
neighborhood into a
month-long block party.
“It’s an unpermitted
event,” said Beckmann, who
explained that since the Dyker
Lights don’t require a permit
like other city events, the annual
affair receives fewer city
resources than it should, and
often leads to “very, very congested”
streets.
Still, hundreds of home —
generally within the boundaries
of 81st and 86th streets
from 11th to 13th avenues —
transform the corridors into
a real-life Whoville, complete
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