One of my only complaints about this awesome city is the lack of outdoor recreational space. Despite all the park space, the availability of open space for sports blows. This is especially true for tennis courts. So it’s pretty dang fantastic to find a neat little park tucked just minutes away. – sporting a couple [...]
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recreation, hiding in plain sight
Posted in Fort greene, parks, tagged Brooklyn, Fort greene, south oxford park, Teardrop Park, tennis on July 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
cricket in the bronx
Posted in The Bronx, parks on June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I had my first adventure in Van Cortlandt Park this past weekend, playing cricket on the parade ground and scrambling up a giant rock to gaze at views of the city. This is one vast, rambling, beauty of a park. In The Bronx! The wonders never cease here in the big city.
Here you go: Van [...]
a forest grows in brooklyn
Posted in parks, tagged Brooklyn, prospect park on June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Before I moved to this city, Central Park dominated my imagination about parks in New York. Now that I live a 20 minute walk from Prospect Park, all that has changed. To me, Prospect Park is so much the heart of this borough and I look forward to getting lost in its 585 acres of [...]
Local greene scene
Posted in Fort greene, parks on October 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
How do I love Fort Greene Park? Let me count the ways… beautiful trees, well-maintained walking/jogging paths, a cozy weekend farmers market, tennis courts and, yes, a fort. Great dog walking and watching action, too. In a city full of great parks in which to stroll, I’m lucky to be able to call Fort Greene [...]
500,000 dead people can’t be wrong
Posted in Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Sunset Park, attractions, parks on September 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Sooooo….. if you happen to be looking for off-beat places to visit, why not stop by Green-Wood cemetery? I just recently took a moonlight/flashlight tour of Green-Wood and, while the tour was lackluster, the cemetery itself was equal parts fascinating, lovely and spooky as heck. If you’ve got the hankering for a long, quiet stroll, [...]
