Calvert Vaux Park

Gravesend Bay: 7,000 Gallons Of Spilled Oil Recovered. But What About The Other 20,000?

(Aerial photo submitted by reader)As of this week, 7,000 gallons of diesel oil — of the 27,000 spilled by a private fuel depot [/breaking-oil-spill-dumps-27000-gallons-toward-gravesend-bay/] — have been recovered from the Gravesend Bay using concentric booms, the State DEC told BKLYNER. However, about 20,000 gallons remain at large in

Animals

Charles Ragusa Has A Few Ideas For Calvert Vaux Park

Calvert Vaux Park (Photo by Rachel Silberstein/Bensonhurst Bean)Charles Ragusa, 47th District Leader, [/charles-ragusa-male-district-leader-47th-ad/#.V3_FM5MrKSM] has proposed a plan take advantage of Calvert Vaux Park’s rich ecosystem [/7-reasons-to-fall-in-love-with-calvert-vaux-park/#.V3_EVpMrKSM], which would create both jobs and educational opportunities in Brooklyn. Ragusa noted that the shorefront park — as

Animals

Last Chance To See Horseshoes Spawning On Calvert Vaux Beach Is July 4 [Video]

Independence Day is one of the last opportunities to watch the horseshoe crabs of Gravesend Bay getting busy on the beach this season. Every year, between May and July, during full and new moons, horseshoes can be seen congregating on the beaches of Calvert Vaux Park [https://www.nycgovparks.org/

Bensonhurst

Free Soccer Clinic For 6 And Under At Calvert Vaux This Summer

Photo by pmarino87 [https://www.instagram.com/p/78SRkpC6gw/]/InstagramForget Euro 2016! Tykes in our neighborhood will be bidding for the Bensonhurst Cup this summer. The Federation of Italian American Organizations (FIAO) [http://www.fiaobrooklyn.org/] is offering a free soccer clinic for children under 6 years of age, every

Bensonhurst

Southern Brooklyn Elected Officials Blast Mayor For Failing Calvert Vaux

Calvert Vaux ParkIn time for summer, elected officials from southern Brooklyn are once again calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration to make good on the city’s commitment [/de-blasio-criticized-for-abandoning-bloomberg-plan-for-calvert-vaux-park/#.V2K5D-YrI9c] to pour $40 million into Gravesend’s Calvert Vaux Park. Councilman Mark Treyger, Borough President Eric Adams, Senator

Bensonhurst

Cops After Trio For Knifepoint Robbery On Bay 46th Street

Photo of two of the three suspects courtesy of the NYPD.Cops are searching for three who robbed a man at knifepoint on Bay 46th Street — just a block from Calvert Vaux Park and Home Depot — in broad daylight. The 37-year-old victim was standing in front of 210 Bay 46th

Bensonhurst

Watch: Drone Captures Breathtaking Aerial Footage Of Calvert Vaux Park

It’s a bird … it’s a plane … it’s a Phantom 3 drone [http://www.dji.com/product/phantom-3-standard]! Calvert Vaux Park [/?s=calvert+vaux] — southern Brooklyn’s hauntingly beautiful, yet neglected and overgrown green space [/de-blasio-criticized-for-abandoning-bloomberg-plan-for-calvert-vaux-park/]— is known as a haven for rare birds and other exotic animal

Bensonhurst

Renderings: Calvert Vaux Park To Get Gorgeous New Restrooms

Calvert Vaux Park [http://www.nycgovparks.org/planning-and-building/capital-project-tracker/project/1038] — Gravesend’s lovely, overgrown, long-neglected [/7-reasons-to-fall-in-love-with-calvert-vaux-park/] green space — will soon get a brand new maintenance building and comfort stations, and the design phase is well underway [http://www.nycgovparks.org/planning-and-building/capital-project-tracker/project/1038] . These are not just any

adventurer's park

Brooklyn Staycation: A Day In Bensonhurst

Photo by sergiocostaphotography [https://instagram.com/p/5E1e-cpTt2/]Looking for a way to get away without the hassle of taking a trip? Brooklyn Staycation [/?s=staycation] is your guide to taking a breather without ever leaving the borough. Each week, we will zoom in on a different Brooklyn neighborhood. Today,

Calvert Vaux Park

De Blasio Criticized For Abandoning Bloomberg Plan For Calvert Vaux Park

Calvert Vaux Park (Photo by Bensonhurst Bean)Another budget season, another trashed Southern Brooklyn park. At a Parks budget hearing last week, Councilman Mark Treyger raised with Commissioner Mitchell Silver the issue of the dilapidated and overgrown Calvert Vaux Park [http://observer.com/2015/05/de-blasio-administration-wont-commit-to-bloomberg-promises-on-parks/] , which in 2007 was

Calvert Vaux Park

Skeletal Human Remains Found In Calvert Vaux Park

Another grisly discovery was made in Calvert Vaux Park, near where birdwatchers recently found a badly decomposed [/hand-found-near-shoreline-gravesend-bay/] hand lying face-up in the sand. Three teens discovered a ribcage and spinal cord in the brush where they went to urinate on a recent Sunday trip, prompting police to scour the

1902 shore pkwy

Baby Shower At Bath Beach Yacht Club Ends With Gunshots

Excelsior Yacht Club, as seen from above. (Source: Google Maps)A baby shower at Bath Beach’s Excelsior Yacht Club ended with violence after a gunman opened fire, sending at least two people to the hospital on Saturday night. Cops were called to the yacht club, at 1902 Shore Parkway,

bay 54th st

Happening Now: Dolphin Stranded In Coney Island Creek

Source: NYPD via GothamistPolice have been on the scene at Coney Island Creek since a little after 11:00 a.m., attempting to coral a live dolphin that lost its way out of the polluted waterway. Police have been tackling the situation from the weed and rubble filled coastline near

68th Precinct

Topless Woman Files Suit After Being Arrested At Bath Beach Park

Krigsman (via Facebook)A woman who shed her top in Calvert Vaux Park is filing a suit against the NYPD after officers arrested her in the summer of 2012. The New York Daily News is reporting [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/bklyn-woman-arrested-sunbathing-topless-article-1.1479588] that Jessica Krigsman is arguing that

6323 17th ave

Borough Park Building Can’t Escape Graffiti Artists

6323 17th Avenue (Source: Google Maps)An unoccupied one-story building located at 6323 17th Avenue has been hit by graffiti artists 14 times since 2010. The New York Daily News is reporting [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/building-graffiti-artists-love-hit-article-1.1402721] that the building, which is located right next the 18th

Calvert Vaux Park

In Focus: Coney Island And Sea Gate, As Seen From Calvert Vaux Park

Source: Dave Mandl/ @ [https://twitter.com/dmandl]dmandl [https://twitter.com/dmandl]From Nycgovparks.org [http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/calvertvauxpark/highlights/11724]: > This park is named for Calvert Vaux (1824-1895), an English architect who spent 40 years of his distinguished career in New York City. He designed private homes,

Calvert Vaux Park

Home Depot Not Maintaining Park As Promised

(from NYC Department of City Planning)The construction of new parkland in conjunction with private development is often promoted by the current generation of government and business leaders as an attractive alternative to traditional park construction. In cash-strapped times these, so-called financially self-sustaining, projects are perceived by many as an