19th precinct SEZ......PERIOD!

NO: A Greenstreet park.

That's a park? Looks more like a place for the dogs to take a crap.

Kind of sad to see a parks department program http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/trees_greenstreets.html go to hell due to placard abuse.

To be honest what this is, is dogshit surrounded by bull shit.

To you it might be fecal matter that belongs to a dog or a bull but to a law enforcement agent its is called the newly acquired territory of an ever growing SEZ which happens to belong to the 19th pct. As for this stretch of concrete being labeled a park............DON'T BE RIDICULOUS. It is a stretch of concrete wide enough to accommodate shrubs. For god sakes it does not even have enough room to accommodate pedestrians and yet you have the audacity to lable this a park.

No it's not dog shit surrounded by bull shit. It's dog shit surrounded by legally parked cars in a SEZ.

Sorry but that is in fact a NYC parks Department Greenstreet Park.
http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/trees_greenstreets.html and your excuses are simply horse shit.

That's a very sorry looking park. It's not full of horse shit. It's full of dog shit.

DICK TRACY, that is not a park and you know it. Where are the benches and where are the monkey bars for the children? Where is the park official assigned to keep this supposed park clean? Even you have to admit that your statement is ridiculous. You call that a park and I call it street divider.

as I wrote in a later post:
These islands are part of the parks department Greenstreets program and this bit of greenery for the community totally being totally disrespected by NYPD employees for their own convenience. Thus rather than a park we have a dog feces/refuse lot surrounded by illegally parked placarded cars.
http://nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/trees_greenstreets/greenstreets.html

The word delusional comes to mind when you speak of this weed encrusted strip of concrete, Mr Tracy.. Look up the word "park" and feast your eyes on its true definition. If left to your vises you would have us believe that and this strip of concrete, embedded with shrubbery, would be classified a park. By the way, I read the information on that link and it makes no mention of this being a park. What it does say is that the shrubbery and trees are planted there in order to make NYC a better place to reside in. If what you say is true then my terrace is a park as well especially since I have a few plants adorning it. Mr. Tracy sure has quite the imagination, don't you think? His penchant for exaggeration will be the demise of his credibility. On a lighter note, the cars parked in that area do not increase the incidence of un-scooped dog poop. That visual aspect of this supposed park is marred due in part to the obtuse residents of the area who instead of picking up after their dogs complain about the cars parked within the 19th precinct SEZ. How bizarre, indeed.

Actually the dogs make an extra effort to piss on the tires of the illegally parked cars around the island. Seems only appropriate.

The dogs shit here because they don't know any better. The cops park here because they have no respect for the law and the community.

From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park

A park is a protected area, in its natural or semi-natural state or planted, and set aside for human recreation and enjoyment. It may consist of, rocks, soil, water, flora and fauna and grass areas.

Wilderness parks are intact and undeveloped areas used mainly by wild species. Many parks are legally protected by law.

Dick Tracy what can you actually do in that small area? You can't play any sport there so there goes your recreation area. Hell you can't even put a park bench there. That is just an island that has some trees and dog shit. My front yard is bigger than that and it's not considered a park.

Try grasping this. Greenstreets are run by the NYC Parks department. The NYC Parks Department should be a clue.

Try grasping this. That is not a park. It's a street divider with a tree and a few bushes.

I am sorry Mr. Tracy but the more you speak the more you look like some foreigner who knows nothing of the laws of this country. If this stretch of concrete were indeed a park then it would be assigned a parks worker to clean it up. It is evident that this supposed park is full of dog crap thus making it almost impossible to believe your boast,Mr. Tracy. Furthermore, if indeed this were a park then the Parks commissioner would have every right to intercede and have the cars removed from this supposed park. No such thing has happened. As everyone can clearly see this stretch of cement has been used for a SEZ parking by the 19th precinct for many years. You argument for this being a park is truly pathetic.

The Greenstreets program is a partnership between the Department of Parks & Recreation and the Department of Transportation. Launched in 1996, Greenstreets is a citywide program to convert paved, vacant traffic islands and medians into green spaces filled with shade trees, flowering trees, shrubs, and groundcover.

In April 2007 Mayor Bloomberg announced PlaNYC, a blueprint for New York City to attain sustainable growth and improve the quality of life in the face of escalating population projections. The Mayor’s plan—shaped by input from environmental, business, community, and legislative leaders as well as thousands of New Yorkers—details 127 initiatives within five key areas of the city’s environment: land, air, water, energy, and transportation. Components of the plan include increasing access to open space, cleaning up contaminated lands, improving water quality through natural solutions, achieving the cleanest air quality of any big city in America, and reducing global warming emissions by 30%. The plan may be viewed at PlaNYC.

PlaNYC includes a number of groundbreaking greening initiatives, including planting street trees in all possible locations, creating 800 new greenstreets, and reforesting 2,000 acres of parkland. Mayor Bloomberg has dedicated $391 million over ten years for these initiatives, with the first year’s funding becoming available starting July 1, 2007. In addition, the Mayor has funded an additional 156 staff and $4.6 million in new forestry and horticulture maintenance funds to support these greening efforts.

Caring for Street Trees and Greenstreets

You can help keep the City's street trees and Greenstreets in good condition. The following tree care tips have been provided by the Citizen Stewards for Young Trees and Greenstreets, a training program offered by Partnerships for Parks in partnership for the New York Tree Trust.

* Water
Watering is the most important thing you can do for your street tree or greenstreet…
* Weeds
If weeds are left untended, they will ultimately kill some plants and stress others. Thus weeds should be removed from greenstreets and street tree pits as frequently as possible…
* Waste
Keeping a site free of litter not only ensures its place as a community asset, it reduces the amount of stress placed on the plants…
* Tree Pit Care
It is essential to create as nurturing a tree pit as possible… In addition to above-ground threats, tree roots must also contend with tough below-ground conditions…
* Planting
Perennials, annuals and bulbs are beautiful additions to a tree pit, as long as you remember that the tree's health comes first…

That's nice Dick, but it's still not a park.

I suggest you actually read the following link before you click on it and see where it goes. I guess you never heard of Werner Heisenberg since you are so sure of yourself. You are biased as an observer and are effecting the outcome of your observation.

www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/trees_greenstreets.html

Don't need to read it. Doesn't matter what that says. It's still not a park. Where are the park benches? Where is the play ground for little kids? Where are the ball fields? Where is the lake? I guess when you live where there is no room for all that you'll say that anything that has a tree and a shrub is a park.

And I guess the signs don't clearly indicate. NO STANDING ANYTIME and that placard parking is allowed in bus stops, at fire hydrants, on the sidewalk, in cross walks and NO STANDING/STOPPING ANYTIME zones and that black is white and down is up.

You seem to forget that is a SEZ. They can park there. You can't. Have a nice day.

http://nyc.uncivilservants.org/post/index/8817

Your point Dick?