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I posted this on brooklynheightsblog.com, but wanted to post it here too in case others from the neighbourhood only read Brownstoner. There is a large, organized group of adult soccer players who constantly hog almost all of the Cadman Plaza turf on weekends and some weeknights now (it is becoming more frequent). I was there a couple of weekends ago with my kids and there was not one free inch of turf for them to play on. I set up to play soccer with my kids in a small section of the corner and the players said “you’re going to get hurt”. They said it’s basically first come, first served. Yet if one is in the middle of the field when they show up, they’ll ask you to move and, if you don’t, will just start playing around you, which will force you to leave.

Anybody else encounter this problem and, if so, any ideas on how to deal with it? I did submit a complaint to the Parks Dept here and we’ll see if that goes anywhere
http://nyc.gov/html/mail/html/maildpr.html I just don’t want to reinvent the wheel if people are already organizing a campaign to get the players off or to at least have them share more of the field.

I fear some child is going to get injured by a hard kicked ball at some point. Being my cynical self, I don’t imagine going to that washroom area behind the memorial to get a parks employee will do anything.

There’s also the issue of dogs going on the turf (and pooping), despite there being a giant dog run nearby, but I’m trying to deal with one issue at a time.