DNAinfo: By Allegra Hobbs | May 25, 2016 1:47pm
“The Sara D. Roosevelt Park Coalition since 1994 has been championing efforts to have the city reactivate a Parks Department building on Stanton Street — beginning with the unused restrooms — that has sat as an otherwise derelict storage facility since the 1980s. ”
“… the department remains unmoved in the face of …demands to return the rest of the Stanton House building to community use …. staunchly supported by Community Board 3, according to board chair Gigi Li — arguing the department needs the space for storage. ”
Parks Department uses 3 of 4 Parks buildings in Sara Roosevelt Park for Borough and City-wide usage. Not quite right for this struggling park to carry the rest of the City and Borough’s storage needs?
The Parks Department is abusing our community by denying the right to enjoy our park, and denying us space that is so badly needed in our community, not only are they using all the park houses in Sarah D. Roosevelt for their own personal use but they also using the park for their own private car parking lots. It is sickening that we have to see the abuse of power by the Department of Parks and that they blatantly deny our community access to this park. The park belongs to the community. Shame on them!!!