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HOT DOG!
Prospect Park’s east side gets
much needed public barbecues
GRILL, BABY, GRILL: Prospect Park Alliance President Sue Donoghue and Councilman Mathieu
Eugene cook up a storm on Prospect Park’s new barbecues. Photo by Trey Pentecost
BY COLIN MIXSON
Prospect Lefferts Gardens is ready to
grill!
Local elected offi cials and Prospect
Park honchos celebrated the installation
of new public grills located
on the Prospect Lefferts Gardens side
of Brooklyn’s Backyard on May 24,
bringing $80,000 worth of cooking equity
to the less barbecue-friendly side
of the meadow.
Cooking in Prospect Park is restricted
to 15 designated grill zones ,
10 of which are located on the west
side of the park where it borders Park
Slope, Windsor Terrace, and Prospect
Heights — leaving only fi ve grillfriendly
areas for park patrons hailing
from Kensington, Ditmas Park, and
Prospect Lefferts Gardens.
So, it should come as no surprise
that constituents living within Councilman
Mathieu Eugene’s district
— which includes Prospect Lefferts
Gardens, Ditmas Park, and parts of
Kensington — voted to fund the new
outdoor cooking appliances via participatory
budgeting, according to the
park’s chief steward.
“From the high number of votes in
the participatory budgeting process,
we know these grills are a welcome,
new addition to the park for the eastside
communities,” said Sue Donoghue,
president of the Prospect Park
Alliance, a group which works with
the city to maintain the park.
The new outdoor cooking appliances
appear as three separate grills
joined together, and are similar models
to barbecues located in Brooklyn
Bridge Park, according to Prospect
Park Alliance spokeswoman Deborah
Kirschner.
Two of the new triple-grills were installed
near the Lincoln Road entrance
to the park near Ocean Avenue, while
another two have been installed near
the entrance at Parkside and Ocean
avenues.
There are a few rules governing
cooking in the park, but locals are welcome
to throw a steak on the barbie
whenever they please, as long as their
gatherings are restricted to 20 people
or less, in which case an events permit
must acquired through the Parks Department.
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