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# Parks Dept Already Screws Up On Smoking Ban
- URL: https://bklyner.com/parks-dept-already-screws-up-on-smoking-ban-sheepshead-bay/
- Published: 2011-05-25T16:30:51.000Z
- Updated: 2011-05-25T16:30:51.000Z
- Author: Ned Berke
- Tags: bill brown park, #API-Imported

![](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/parks.jpg "parks")

I thought it would be at least a few weeks before the first screw-ups came to light regarding the [new anti-smoking measure](/parks-beach-smoking-ban-goes-into-effect-today/), which bans smoking in parks, beaches and other Parks Department property. I thought we’d hear about tickets mistakenly given to old men smoking on a sidewalk next to a park (legal), or on a Parks-controlled bike path next to vehicular traffic, like Ocean Parkway (legal), or to an actor smoking in a theater production in the park (legal).

But I overlooked the little things. Or maybe I just over-estimated Parks Department employees. Because it took literally two days after the bill’s implementation for a reader to spot the above sign, which was probably installed on Monday.

Can you guess what’s wrong with the sign? Can you? Well, nothing, I suppose, except for where it’s placed.

This sign, which reads “No smoking on beach and promenade,” went up at [Bill Brown Park](http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/B109/highlights/9723?ref=bklyner.com), at Avenue Y and Bedford Avenue. That’s right, Bill Brown Park, which has no beaches or promenades. Though there is a sprinkler that I’m not sure is ever actually turned on. And some handball courts. They’re putting down turf, too. But certainly no beaches or promenades.

I’m pretty sure this is a regulation I can comply with. I vow not to smoke – ever – on Bill Brown Park’s beach or promenade.