2008 by Flatbush Gardener

You know when you see those hippie dippie hipster types sitting in the street on a plot of grass? Well, that’s an organized thing. In fact, Park(ing) Day is an international event and it’s taking place tomorrow on 9/18. Participants reclaim parking spots and transform them into hang out areas.

Check out the map. The “parks” will be all around the city. There’s even one in Newburgh, NY.

My ex-tenant is doing one on my corner….“1. Our park imagines a crack in façade of concrete and time, allowing a glimpse of the native vegetation that populated our island ecosystem prior to the introduction of invasive species (and Europeans). 2. (We are aware of the irony of white kids teaching invasive vegetation in Bed-Stuy, a gentrifying community).” I can’t wait to hear what the crabby old timers have to say about it.

The biggie in Brooklyn is probably the Cortelyou Road “park” hosted by Sustainable Flatbush.

It’s a daytime event. So, like….why don’t these people have to work? I’m jealous.