2009-09-18

Cortelyou Road Park, Park(ing) Day NYC

Park(ing) Gnome, Cortelyou Road Park, Flatbush, Brooklyn, 16:42 (4:42 pm)
Park(ing) Gnome, Cortelyou Road Park, Flatbush, Brooklyn



Worms!, 16:26 (4:26 pm)
Worms!



Bulldog Puppy, 15:27 (3:27 pm)
Bulldog Puppy



Solar-powered Boom-box Experiment, 13:24 (1:24 pm)
Solar-Powered Boom-box Experiment



Ronny Wasserstrom and his amazing egg-juggling egg puppet, 12:54
Cortelyou Road Park, Park(ing) Day NYC, 2009



Biophilia in action, 11:29
Cortelyou Road Park, Park(ing) Day NYC, 2009



Cortelyou Road Park, Flatbush, Brooklyn, 11:09
Cortelyou Road Park, Park(ing) Day NYC, 2009

An international event, with 55 sites this year in NYC, Park(ing) Day highlights the public space that is devoted to streets and parking. For one day only, groups transform a parking space into a public park. These creative and active sites suggest alternative purposes for such space that can benefit more people in a wider range of uses than storing an empty personal transportation vehicle.

Cortelyou Road Park is a project of the Livable Streets initiative of Sustainable Flatbush. As the Director of the Urban Gardens & Farms initiative of Sustainable Flatbush, I loaned much of my garden furniture and container plants to help transform a parking space on busy Cortelyou Road into a garden room.

We're having a great time, and the day is not quite half over as I write this first post of the day. I'll be trying to update during the day. You can also follow me today on Twitter.

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Park(ing) Day posts

Links

Cortelyou Road Park
Park(ing) Day this Friday, September 18th!, Sustainable Flatbush
Cortelyou Road gets a new park–for the 3rd year in a row!, Park(ing) Day NYC

Park(ing) Day NYC: A Garden Grows in Flatbush, Brit in Brooklyn, 2009-09-18

Park(ing) Day (International)

3 comments:

dirnewyorkcity said...

You sure did a good job there! ;)

Brenda from Flatbush said...

I love 'Biophilia in Action.' Made me smile remembering the NY Times story about homeowners who pave over their property so their kids won't get "dirt and bugs and stuff."

BestViewInBrooklyn said...

Looks like a fantastic day. I'm so glad the weather helped out. Great photos!