Patrons of a popular Brooklyn watering hole chained themselves to the bar yesterday to protest a court’s upholding its closing to make room for the controversial Atlantic Yards project.
Freddy’s Bar & Backroom regulars slapped on handcuffs and chains in a symbolic protest they vow to repeat when authorities actually try to seize the bar.
Last month, New York’s top court said the state can force homeowners and businesses to sell to make way for the development.
“It’s more than a bar, it’s a community meeting place,” said Donald O’Finn, owner of the Dean Street bar in Prospect Heights, who said that the chain links “represent all the people in the community.”