The Battle for the Lincoln Park Place Playground?

west1440, DownwardPuppy, TruthandBeauty, Stretchy, RupaulRox, NarcolepticAbe, QuantumSilence, SoldierSantana, SouljaJuan

Slopeduder-

You should let the police know. Your info could help them determine what actions (if any) they should take against the kids who hang out in the park.

If it happens again I will! I think someone cleaned it though because it wasn't there for long, maybe 2 weeks max. Either that or it was a crappy marker and it just faded away from all the rain we had.

Attention moderators!!!!

Stretchy is trying to show everyone up by whining over some real stupid shit.

It isn't fair...

SoldierSantana said, among other things, "This sort of journalism really sickens me. Anyone who believes and supports this sort of journalistic dribble is a racist buffoon in my book." I thought the word was 'drivel'.

SoldierSantana said, among other things, "This sort of journalism really sickens me. Anyone who believes and supports this sort of journalistic dribble is a racist buffoon in my book." I thought the word was 'drivel'.

I am sorry if I offend anyone by suggesting to read the news item closer. The woman speaking first is a Latina, and her reason to get bothered is that two chaps almost knocked down her toddler girl.

I have seen these types of episodes at playgrounds, and yes, at the Lincoln Place Playground. It makes me sick to my stomach to think that people can come here and throw around patronizing about how saintly and how wonderful are these teenagers and young men.

These teenagers and young men are bad mannered fools who do not care about behaving with a minimum of decency and care around young children. This, not only by talking trash but also by choosing to act rudely towards each other and the people around them.

I wish someone were to take a video, yes. However, I have witnessed a situation in which a parent trying to do just that was threatened to have his phone (and his face) smashed. The police should put cameras in these spots, perhaps then these shameless people would think two times before acting up or even showing up.

They are not saintly. They are teenagers.

and like it or not they are your neighbors.

and it sounds like they are acting just like me (ack) thirty years ago.

Am I wrong, or isn't it illegal for adults to hang around in NYC playgrounds unless they're accompanying children?

Also, I don't think that this is a Parks Department Playground, as it is not listed on the NYC Parks website. If it isn't, it most likely belongs to the Education Department, which likely has its own rules for use of its playgrounds. There are, however, federal laws that prohibit, and impose quite severe penalties, for drug dealing and possession within 1000 yards of a school.