Parks Department
Kids at Play, Men at Work
The job of maintaining New York City’s myriad parks, playgrounds, greenstreets, and greenways is enormous. To serve that need, the city’s Parks Department has created a variety of innovative methods designed to get the public involved in the public parks, including the Partnership for Parks, Adopt-A-Park, and various park conservancies.
But most of the work must still be done, or overseen, directly by the Parks Department. As is true with any large bureaucracy, sometimes things don’t go as well as planned.
A recent example is the repair of the fence at the Thomson Hill Park, also known as the Thomas P. Noonan Playground, in Sunnyside, Queens. About one-third of the 1.1-acre playground is a fenced-in area designed as basketball and handball courts, and also used for soccer, football, and many other recreational activities. On a warm summer day this area is packed with over 100 children of all ages.
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Beating bureaucracy | Parks Department
