Animals
PROSPECT PARK – Approximately 20,000 dogs live in the Kensington, Ditmas Park, Flatbush, Midwood, and Windsor Terrace neighborhoods, the Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.prospectpark.org/news-events/news/paw-some-kensington-dog-run-groundbreaking/?utm_source=PPA+Press+List&utm_campaign=cc021d06cd-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_07_29_04_07&utm_medium=email&utm_
Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT PARK – The Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.prospectpark.org/news-events/news/ribbon-cut-adult-fitness-area/] hosted a ribbon-cutting last Friday, May 3, to celebrate the opening of the new adult fitness area at Prospect Park’s Parade Ground. Equipment at the new Adult Fitness Area, Prospect Park, Parade Ground (Photo: Paul Martinka)
Central Brooklyn
[UPDATED: Monday, December 11, 2017 at 12pm] – More information has come out regarding the hit-and-run incident that occurred in Prospect Park last Thursday morning. Michael Gitelis, an 18-year-old from Flatlands, stole a Hyundai Sonata in Camden, New Jersey some time after midnight on Thursday, December 7 and drove into Brooklyn,
Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT PARK – The NYPD is searching for the driver of a vehicle that struck a pedestrian in Prospect Park this morning. Photo via Harvey K / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/theharv58/6805188814/in/photolist-bnmnxC-7KqGp4-dhysjP-9XGVEn-9rQvTt-ecVqDK-ab77GB-9bfUCg-5HdCGb-4KPf6B-8392Ri-6cBDwA-9rJYYc-a8BgD9-51638U-b3kp8-5fqYA6-ab9XEj-CWBFEx-4tm4p-64tP7S-dK8RG-d3cwQU-ao23y9-ftTWf-9WAzC2-ab9XBJ-do4uFD-mLPih-4sYLvC-pUNQcw-2jzEnw-7z82jY-9EVarh-3ASWC-iJXA2n-do4C9h-8ojEVe-vbSNk-4zLBCi-8ByMpE-67qp
85 Crooke Avenue
We have terrible news: a 22-year-old man was shot in the head at 81 Crooke Avenue, between St. Paul’s Place and Ocean Avenue, around 10:40pm Wednesday night, and is now in critical condition at Kings County Hospital, police told us this morning. Police have made no arrest yet
Parade Gorunds
Summer is Here! SPACE AVAILABLE FOR ALL SUMMER CAMPS FEATURED IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL [http://www.wsj.com/articles/life-lessons-from-a-youth-baseball-coach-1430496193] – check out the video below as well! Home Run Baseball Camp [http://www.homerunbaseballcamp.com/] at the Parade Grounds is back for our 4th year at Parade Grounds Field
Department of Parks and Recreation
Photo by Carol Vinzant [https://www.flickr.com/photos/animaltourism/10258205203/in/photolist-o3D9Hk-91iUsi-o3QpJo-nQ7UAL-i61pZ-ibUn7H-91n2cJ-bVDC1P-9trrPx-cd1SDN-7bWAUk-f4ZRzA-bVDBmk-9tus7d-91n1jW-91iRXD-bVDCbR-bVDyqr-9trzuz-91iXBk-mjov5-cd1Tso-bVDuvi-9truMz-91iSGv-gCtZ1X-bVDzbe-9FKJbF-gCsW73-c2kAHd-gCsZFs-fiqftz-c9V38U-6C8Jvc-WoLfj-91mZ91-gkanu4-axntBb-hpzm1L-nxN38t-eghuww-dWKNP-dKaFdU-gkavLV-ci6Ygu-ci6Zoh-8SroFB-bZ8s6s-gkahqD-ibTXdo] After years of talks [/blog/animals/meeting-about-possible-d
CBS New York
After we reported on a neighbor being ticketed for walking home through the Parade Grounds [/blog/crime/neighbor-ticketed-for-walking-home-through-prospect-parks-parade-grounds-at-night] last week (which resulted in an NYPD deputy commissioner saying he would look into the matter [/blog/crime/nypd-deputy-commissioner-promises-to-investigate-tickets-being-doled-out-to-neighbors-walking-through-parade-grounds-after-dark] ), CBS New York followed up on our story with a piece that aired
70th Precinct Community Council
Neighbors came out in full force for last night’s 70th Precinct National Night Out Against Crime [/blog/crime/join-the-70th-precinct-for-national-night-out-against-crime-on-august-5] , one of thousands of similar events that take place across the country in an attempt to fight crime by fostering tighter bonds between residents and police. During the free event
Grand Army Plaza
Along with Opening Day festivities [/blog/events/celebrate-prospect-parks-opening-day-this-saturday-april-5], there’s another reason to stop by Prospect Park [http://www.prospectpark.org/] this weekend–the food trucks [http://www.prospectpark.org/visit/plan/food-trucks] are back! Try cuisine from far and wide (parts of NYC) at the rally’s Grand Army
comfort station
They said it would be completed this month, and they didn’t lie–the Prospect Park Alliance [http://www.prospectpark.org/about/alliance] is holding a ribbon cutting ceremony this Wednesday, September 25 at 1pm for the spanking-new Parade Ground Comfort Station [/blog/news/parade-ground-comfort-station-now-expected-to-open-in-september]. Members of the Alliance will
fitness classes
When Jennifer Vanden Bosch (pictured above with her son) suggested that fitness instructor and neighbor Mark Anthony put together a “stroller sculpting” class that parents could do with their children, he asked some other parents, and it turned out a lot of people were interested. So Mark, owner of Primo
Parade Ground
About a month ago, we told you about security cameras at the Parade Ground [/blog/crime/are-the-parade-ground-security-cameras-broken] that seemed to be out of service. Installed after the murder of Julio Locarno [http://awalkintheparknyc.blogspot.com/2011/03/murraynews-nypd-sgt.html] in 2011, the cameras, which were requested by community members, were
Parade Ground
January to March 3am to 9am in Ditmas Park Submission #6 3/1/13, 7:55am: Parade Ground ultimate [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkEl_R0dTfY] frisbee “What’s The Ditmas Park Day Year and how can I get involved?” you ask? Check out this post [/blog/art-music/whats-your-life-in-ditmas-park-like-between-3am-and-9am]
food trucks
Starting tomorrow, Prospect Park has announced that there will be food trucks at the Parade Ground [http://www.prospectpark.org/food-trucks] between fields 4 and 5 on the Saturdays and Sundays. They’ll be there through the weekend of November 17, from 8am to 5pm. It may not be as
National Night Out Against Crime
The 70th Precinct is hosting the 29th anniversary of National Night Out Against Crime on Tuesday, August 7 from 6:30-9pm at the Parade Ground at Caton Avenue and Argyle Road. The 70th Precinct explains what the event is all about: > National Night Out is designed to: > 1)