Our online story this week about all the trash in Prospect Park (“What a dump! Prospect Park was a real mess this weekend,” online, July 6) prompted an amazing outcry from the public. Here’s a good synopsis of the chatter:
The park management is inept and they have allowed people to turn the park into a dump. They look the other way on every issue.
It’s BBQ heaven. Let these folks try this in Central Park. The city should throw out whoever is in charge, if they could find the person.
Al Pankin, Downtown
I like the used diapers stuck in the trees. That is my favorite!
Trace, Park Slope
There is a new group on Facebook called Tupper Thomas’s Prospect Park. We are trying to save the park from illegal BBQs, heaps of litter and the subsequent explosion of the rat population. We want the park to enforce laws regarding BBQs and litter instead of turning a blind eye.
Since Tupper Thomas is the head administrator, we are trying to show her why she needs to act to stop the destruction of the park ASAP. Check out the Facebook site and join if you want to; and most importantly, contribute!
Michele, Kensington
Check your facts before accusing his fellow residents of committing crimes. Barbecuing in the park is not illegal. You are allowed to bring your own grill, tables and chairs, as long as you are not in an area that is marked with signs specifically forbidding it.
The park is not just for residents of Park Slope, it belongs to everyone.
McSlick, Flatbush
McSlick, you are wrong. Barbecuing is only allowed in designated areas, and is illegal everywhere else. Get a clue
Henry, South Slope
Sounds like the Iowans want to take over Prospect Park. Illegal barbecues and illegal music! Get a hold of yourselves. This is Brooklyn!
Pacholo, Red Hook
It’s not just Prospect Park: Fort Greene Park was full of barbecuers on Saturday, and Saturday night hosted a party that seemed to involve well over a 100 people and an illegal sound system. The park was a mess on Sunday morning. Why don’t the police or Parks do anything?
Park Lover, Fort Greene
“Hey Park Lover, why didn’t you just join the party? It sounds like it was fun. And they have always had summer parties in Fort Greene. Why should they stop just because you moved in from Nebraska? And how do you know the sound system was “illegal.” When did you graduate from the Police Academy?
Running Man, Kensington
I know the sound system was illegal because the police don’t give sound permits on holiday weekends. The party wasn’t fun: a lot of the people there were stoned/drunk, and a fight broke out that was really scary.
For the record, I’ve never lived in Nebraska; I’ve lived in Brooklyn since 1991.
Park Lover, Fort Greene
