Cleaning Prospect Park Lake
A reader kindly sent us a link to a clean-up project for Prospect Park Lake. We spoke to Tami, the organizer, who has set up a donation site at Ioby as well as a Facebook page. Tami, who has lived in Brooklyn for eight years, hopes to raise at least $400 in order to rent…
A reader kindly sent us a link to a clean-up project for Prospect Park Lake. We spoke to Tami, the organizer, who has set up a donation site at Ioby as well as a Facebook page. Tami, who has lived in Brooklyn for eight years, hopes to raise at least $400 in order to rent paddle boats and buy supplies to pick up litter in and around the lake on September 19, which is International Coastal Clean-up Day. She has received the support of the Prospect Park Alliance, and any extra funds she receives will go to the Alliance for future park preservation. The impetus for the project came when Tami took a tour of the lake last spring on the Independence, an electric boat, and she saw birds’ nests, babies hatching, aquatic life such as turtles and bass, and trash. Plenty of trash. Her tour guide said there used to be a green team for the lake, but it has since dissolved. “As I was walking around the lake to take pictures,” Tami said, “couples on the boats would say ‘Oh my god, it’s so gross in here.'” Tami has at least 20 volunteers so far for the September 19 event, and is still accepting volunteers or donations.
Thank you! Thanks for this article, the offers to volunteer and the donations made to help fund this project!
I hope to see some of you on September 19th!
This would also be a great way to meet nice people, you singles out there!
Agree that the park could use more garbage cans, or just more frequent emptying of full ones over the weekend. For some reason, idiots see a full garbage can and feel entitled to lay their trash down next to it instead of carrying it outside the park to a receptacle with room. As for people who toss beer cans into the lake, well, there’s nothing for that except Litterer Death Panels.
Nice 🙂
Maybe we should do PLUSAs in the Park Pick-up!
This community should get behind efforts like this. It’s modest and do-able. Thanks Brownstoner for posting this and the link to the donation page. Hopefully we can put our collective effort or money to help take care of something we all care about.
I’m that annoying person on the street/in the park who will tell you to pick up your trash. I hate when folks litter. Most time the people are so embarrassed by being called out that they will actually pick it up. I’ve been cursed at a few times though!
tradmod – I totally agree, if the city was as agressive in fining litterbugs and dog poop scofflaws as it was in ticketing wrong side car parking we’d be rolling in extra cash. Plus the place would look a whole lot better.
I agree on the fines for Litter. Likely this would pay for inspectors so could even generate some employment there ! Kidding aside I did some volunteer work in the park last summar and was stunned at how much rubbish folks leave. I asked the organiser why there weren’t more trash bin around or at least much larger ones and was told the powers that be think they don’t look nice. Odd considering the trash everywhere looks way worse. Prospect park is awesome and anything to clean this place up is good news.
The park or the city should hand out huge fines for littering like all the other cities in the country do. It’s disgusting how much trash gets flung on the ground in Prospect Park, especially on weekends when people gather in huge groups and cook out all day. It’s like, join normal human society and bring a garbage bag. How hard is it? Many times I’ve passed spots where it’s clear several people sat and ate and drank and then got up and walked away leaving all their food and drink containers just sitting on the ground where they used them.