Prospect Park

September 21, 2001

OUT OF THE SMOKE, A HERO RISES

On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, a day that New Yorkers will remember as a day of...

September 19, 2001

SKATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY OPENS IN OWL’S HEAD PARK

Skaters, bladers, and bikers met in Owl’s Head Park on Sunday, September 8 to inaugurate a new...

September 18, 2001

PUBLIC SPACES ARE TRANSFORMED INTO MEMORIALS

A 25 by 12-foot American flag flies above the New York State Pavilion in Flushing Meadows...

September 12, 2001

BATTLE OF THE BRAINIACS FIRST ANNUAL OPEN AIR CHESS TOURNEY AT BETHESDA TERRACE

Bethesda Terrace, Central Park’s decorative "open-air reception hall," has hosted giant Easter...

September 7, 2001

JAC, PACT, AND WEP PARTICIPANTS HONORED AT A VARIETY OF EVENTS

On Wednesday, August 22, sixty participants in the Job Assistance Center (JAC) Program and Parks...

September 6, 2001

LLAMAS AND TURTLES AND SHEEP – OH MY!

Children from Brooklyn's three day camps - St. John's, Brownsville and Von King along with...

August 30, 2001

ONE STEP CLOSER: PHASE I OF THE RENOVATION OF BROOKLYN HEIGHTS PROMENADE COMPLETED

The view from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade is one of the greatest in all of Brooklyn. One can...

June 26, 2001

FIFTEEN MINUTES (AT LEAST) OF FAME FOR "DAMON THE CAIMAN"

It was the talk of the town: a big toothed, scaly skinned alligator on the loose in Central...

June 22, 2001

NEW FACILITIES BRIGHTEN UP NATHAN WEIDENBAUM PARK

Commissioner Henry J. (StarQuest) Stern , Council Member Walter L. (Woodsider) McCaffrey...

May 30, 2001

CONGRATULATIONS TO NINE FINE EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH

Carlos M. (The Stone) Viera is Bronx's Employee of the Month for May. The Stone joined...