green
The current comfort station at Bill Brown Park as seen from Bedford Avenue. Photo via Google Maps.It’s been over a year and a half, and Bill Brown park still doesn’t have its multi-million dollar bathroom. We last reported on the park’s project [/the-bill-brown-park-getting-pumped-with-2-6-million-for-new-bathroom/] when it was
Events
Photo by Sean Egan/Sheepshead Bites.It was a night of music, joy, remembrance, and pride. The Sheepshead Bay community congregated in front of the 9/11 mural in Bill Brown Park, also known as Bedford Park, to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the terror attacks that shook our city
bill brown
The Bill Brown Park’s bathroom can be seen in this screen shot from Google maps. The Parks Department will be spending $2.6 million to fix the bathroom in Bill Brown Playground [http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/billbrownplayground/] in Sheepshead Bay. The money is just for the bathroom – not
bedford park
The following is from our friends at the Brooklyn/Bedford Park 9/11 Memorial Committee:
9/11
With the backdrop of Rockin’ Ray Fiore’s heartfelt mural on the handball courts of Bill Brown Park (Avenue X and Bedford Avenue), more than one hundred mourners, neighbors, firefighters from Ladder Co. 169, 61st Precinct officers and local EMS responders gathered last night to remember the lives lost on
bedford park
Rockin' Ray Fiore touches up the memorial wall during the event. (Photo by Erica Sherman)The weather looked dreadful in the hours leading up to the Brooklyn / Bedford Park 9/11 Memorial yesterday evening, honoring the fallen friends and families of those who passed 10 years ago. But minutes
bill brown park
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
bill brown park
The Never Forgotten 9/11 Memorial Service and 8th Anniversary Candle Vigil details have been announced. Those of you who attended last year’s ceremony [/update-bay-area-remembers-9-11/], know what a truly touching this ceremony is. The event will be held again at the Bill Brown Park. Details on the flyer are