(Or: A Modest Proposal)
An area I am particularly fond of knocking around in East WilliamsburgĂ‚Â is the Grand Street stop of the L. This isn’t because it is particularly nice (it isn’t). Rather, I find the industrial and residential patchwork of this community fascinating. I never know what I’ll find. This was especially true of my last trip down Grand Street. It was at 910 (just east of Bushwick Avenue) where I found the following.
Hmm, this must be some of that affordable housing I have heard so much about?
I thought to myself.
It isn’t.
It’s a park.
And a pretty nice one at that!
There was nary a dog turd, drunken horde of rowdy teens or trace of corporate sponsorship to be found. In regards to the latter most, maybe there should be? A number of you, dear readers, are probably aware that the Parks Department is in dire financial straits nowadays. This is one of the reasons why they’re trying to sell the naming rights to the McCarren Park Pool. Some of my fellow citizens have cried foul over this. I say the Parks Department is not going far enough.
I would like to humbly recommend that our fair city enlist some corporate sponsors partners to build a dozen of these bad boys and station them around north Brooklyn. Hell, the Transmitter Park site is available and 65 Commercial Street, being a parking lot, would be ideally suited for one or two of these portable oases. The possibilities for directly advertising services of special interest to the residents of 11222, 11211 and 11206 are endless! 1-888-bunion-1, bedbug extermination services and of course my good friend Hongo Killer immediately come to mind.
Miss Heather
The artist/designer is a genius! Bravo Ms. Heather for the great find! Yes! We need these in N. Greenpoint. I’m going to forward to the Parks Dept right now and request the double wide models!
They better be appointed with a minifridge and wired for cable. Only the BEST for 11222!
This trailer park was parked on Driggs (near Jack the Pelican) for a while last winter – some friends and I discovered it while walking back to Greenpoint from brunch one blustery Sunday afternoon. Great to see that it is still around!