Cops called to block party on Park Pl between Wash Cla

This was the first party in Elijah Stroud park this summer, last year they were a constant feature every weekend, blasting the neighborhood with loud music from 10 a.m. to past midnight. It was a welcome relief not to have them this summer. They illegally blocked off the street and were illegally grilling in the park and on the sidewalk. The police were apparently called around 10.30, presumably by someone fed up with the noise. They left the park a complete pigsty, which took eight city parks workers several hours to clean up on Sunday (what a great use of our scarce tax dollars). It is possible to get a permit to have a function in a city park, but I doubt that these people had one, after I complained about a similar party's detritus last year the parks commissioner assured me that party didn't have a permit. Even if they had a permit, they wouldn't have been allowed to grill in the park or on the sidewalk, they also would not have been given permission to have alcoholic beverages (I found a smashed wine bottle).

I didn't call the cops on this party, because despite the illegal activity, they seemed to be pretty well behaved up to the time I shut my shades and went to bed. Clearly they got rowdier after I fell asleep.

I am all for people having a good time, I just wish they'd respect the city laws and clean up after themselves. The NYPD building on Grand and Classon is not a precinct building and they don't seem to care much about quality of life issues. This shouldn't surprise anyone as the cops that work there illegally park their cars on the sidewalks around the building. If I did that, I'd get ticketed and towed, but not NYPD officers.

The Police Officers there are not assigned to patrol functions and I'm sure they do care what happens on that block. As for the parking situation, Officers as terms of their contract are permitted to park in the surrounding area around the Precinct. This has been discussed over and over again on this board, I'm glad the Police did a good job,cleared out the park and shut down the block party.

http://www.brooklynian.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=51842

So, how about I dream of a fence and gate around the park?

....someone would lock the gate at, say, 10 PM.

It would reduce the number of people hanging out after hours.

(I know the city has no money for said fence, or said person to lock and unlock park each day). It's just a dream.