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    Parks Dept Completes $3.8 Million Upgrades to Norwood Playground in the Bronx

    Playground Updates  •  Mosholu Parkway, Bronx

    Image credit: NYC Department of Parks & Recreation.

    New upgrades make the park safer, more fun, and accessible to all New Yorkers. On November 6, 2020, NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., City Council Member Andrew Cohen, State Assembly Member Nathalia Fernandez, State Assembly Member Jeffrey Dinowitz, Bronx Community Board 7 parks Chair Barbara Stronczer, and representatives from the Friends of Mosholu Parkland unveiled the reconstructed Kossuth Playground located along Mosholu Parkway North and Kossuth Avenue in the Northwest Bronx. (read more…)

    Tags : parks, parks renovations
    Date:12/02/2020
    Category : Department of Parks & Recreation
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    Parks Dept Launches New Anti-Littering Campaign

    Littering  •  Citywide

    This new poster is part of the new anti-littering campaign. Image Credit: NYC Parks Department

    The campaign stresses the importance of keeping shared green spaces clean during the pandemic. On August 28, 2020, NYC Parks announced a new campaign to address excessive littering in parks across the City since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The message is, “Show your park some love, New York. Put trash in a bag or can—or take it with you.” (read more…)

    Tags : anti-littering, coronavirus, COVID-19, littering, parks
    Date:09/17/2020
    Category : Department of Parks & Recreation
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    Parks Dept Announces Completion of Portion of Shore Road Bike Path Renovation

    Renovations  •  Bath Beach, Brooklyn

    Image credit: NYC Department of Parks & Recreation.

    The portion is part of a larger reconstruction project. On August 19, 2020, the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation announced the completion of a portion of the Shore Road Bicycle Path in Bath Beach, Brooklyn. The newly repaved path was completed four months ahead of schedule, and spans approximately 2100 ft between Bay 8th and Bay 14th Street. The $575,000 in funding for this project was secured by City Council Member Justin Brannan. (read more…)

    Tags : bicycle paths, parks, renovations, Shore Road
    Date:09/04/2020
    Category : Department of Parks & Recreation
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    Governor Announces Dedication of State Park to LGBTQ Civil Rights Activist Marsha P. Johnson

    Parks  •  Williamsburg, Brooklyn

    Park Rendering Image Credit: Governor’s Office

    First ever state park dedicated to a LGBTQ person. On August 14, 2020, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the dedication of East River State Park in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to LGBTQ activist Marsha P. Johnson. The dedication comes on Johnson’s seventy-fifth birthday and marks the first state park dedicated to LGBTQ person and a transgender woman of color. Marsha P. Johnson State Park is a seven-acre waterfront park located along the East River. It offers a stunning view of the Manhattan skyline, a play area for children and open green space for relaxation and recreation.

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    Tags : Andrew Cuomo, Council Member Stephen Levin, LGBTQ, Marsha P. Johnson, parks, Williamsburg
    Date:09/03/2020
    Category : Governor
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    Parks Dept Celebrates Renovations of Jackie Robinson Park

    Renovations  •  Harlem, Manhattan

    Image credit: NYC Department of Parks & Recreation.

    It is the second park to be renovated through the Parks Without Boarders program. Earlier this summer, the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation completed a $4.7 million renovation of Jackie Robinson Park in Harlem. Jackie Robinson Park runs from W 155th Street to W 145th Street between Edgecombe and Bradhurst Avenues. The renovations include updated stairways, entrances, seating, lighting, and walking paths at the park’s southern and northern edges and entrances. New plantings, benches, and fencing have been added in the park along Edgecombe Avenue, which is also an Open Streets location. (read more…)

    Tags : Harlem, Jackie Robinson Park, parks
    Date:08/16/2020
    Category : Department of Parks & Recreation
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    Pedicab driver fined $500

    Parks  •  Central Park, Manhattan

    Pedicabs on a Manhattan street. Credit: Molly Kaszuba

    A pedicab driver refused to stop and dragged a Park Officer approximately 40-60 feet on his pedicab. On May 9, 2018, Bent Greenberg, a pedicab driver, was stopped by two Park officers for soliciting customers in a prohibited area outside Tavern on the Green, Central Park at 67th Street, Manhattan. Officer Moye approached Greenberg and asked for his identification papers. Greenberg told the officers he was leaving and began peddling. Officer Moye tried to stop Greenberg, but Greenberg accelerated in Officer Moye’s direction, nearly hit her, and fled. Officer Moye grabbed the metal bar on the back of the pedicab to stop Greenberg, but Greenberg continued pedaling. Officer Moye’s radio got tangled in the back wheel and she lost her footing, fell, and was dragged on the pavement for 40 to 60 feet until another Parks officer caught up and stopped Greenberg. The Parks officers served Greenberg with a summons, charging him with endangering another person and operating the pedicab in a reckless manner. (read more…)

    Tags : parks, Pedicabs
    Date:06/20/2020
    Category : CityLaw
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