Spring has finally arrived and New Yorkers are running outside to take advantage of the first weekend of the season. These warm, sunny days are inspiring many to shed their heavy coats and venture onto the 29,000 acres of land controlled by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.
If you plan to join them, enjoy yourself … but remember that there are rules in the parks. Serious rules. Lots of them. Here are some of the warning signs posted in and around the city’s parks and playgrounds. Have fun and watch your step.
South Cove Park
Central Park
James Bogardus Triangle Park
The Esplanade Park
Tramway Plaza Park
The Esplanade Park
Red Hook Park
Battery Park
Central Park
The Esplanade Park
Red Hook Park
City Hall Park
Erie Basin Park
Red Hook Pool
March 22, 2009 at 4:37 pm |
some of these rules can only be regarded as common sense, but some people still need to be told explicitly, don’t they!
March 23, 2009 at 10:58 am |
[...] collection of prohibitions from public places, just in time for spring. [Brooklyn [...]
March 23, 2009 at 7:44 pm |
You have posted quite a collection of mostly don’ts. I guess they are for everyones good. Really interesting.
March 24, 2009 at 6:06 pm |
Although most is “common sense” sometimes what we feel is common sense, is not common sense for everyone and it takes re-informing the do’s and don’ts… thats just how it is… thanks for the refreshing article, Ill be at the park this weekend with my daughter
March 25, 2009 at 5:38 pm |
Wow, Red Hook Park looks like red-circle-with-slash park! Is there anything left to do there?
March 25, 2009 at 10:49 pm |
That was an amusing post! And I recognize the signs of the Erie Basin Park, as anyone who has made the trip to Ikea with the water taxi.
About the pigeon warnings, I have heard on French radio today that a woman was arrested – her neighbors were fed up that she continued feeding the pigeons despites a few warnings. They had pigeons presents on their cars and didn’t quite like it.