{"id":11932,"date":"2016-07-05T15:43:01","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T19:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/im-just-a-kid-from-brooklyn-captain-america-is-getting-his-own-statue-in-prospect-park\/"},"modified":"2016-07-05T15:43:01","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T19:43:01","slug":"im-just-a-kid-from-brooklyn-captain-america-is-getting-his-own-statue-in-prospect-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/im-just-a-kid-from-brooklyn-captain-america-is-getting-his-own-statue-in-prospect-park\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m just a kid from Brooklyn.\u2019 Captain America is getting his own statue in Prospect Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

Definitely not where a subway station is. In this year’s\u00a0mega hit\u00a0Captain America: Civil War, one of the thank-god-they’re-not-taking-this-too-seriously moments in the movie comes in a confrontation between Captain America (Chris Evans) and Spider-Man (Tom Holland). Cap says something along the lines of: “Where are you from, kid?” Spidey replies: “Queens,” to which Cap smirks and retorts “Brooklyn.” It’s the last time people from Brooklyn and Queens were ever openly friendly to one another (jk, luv u Queens). Captain America’s is indeed a\u00a0Brooklyn\u00a0Heights native, according to his comic book biography: He grew up playing stickball during the Depression before ultimately joining the army and getting jabbed in the arm with super soldier serum, leading the Avengers and so forth. Captain America turned 75 this year and to celebrate, the character is getting a 13-foot-tall, 2,000 lb. statue that will tour the country before it lands in Prospect Park later this summer. Because we… Read More<\/p>\n

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