Keep Off The Grass!

The Brooklyn Bridge Park Brant Geese

Towards the end of 2011, the NYC Parks Department put up a fence around The Brooklyn Bridge Park, just under the Manhattan Bridge to let the grass re-fertilize for the 2012 season. Leading up to the winter months, residents of Vinegar Hill, DUMBO & tourists flock to the park to take pictures of the both bridges, view the breath taking skyline and lie out on the grassy knoll to eat their lunch or watch the sunset as it sets in the west behind the concrete jungle. 

During the absence of visitors, new residents of the park have taking refuge on the grassy knoll. Brant Geese, a species of bird I never come across. What are they doing here? Shouldn't they be flying south for the winter like their relatives?

 Each and every day when I walk Maisy, for those who don't know Maisy, she is a one year old female fawn Boxer that loves the run amok in the dog run. We come across the fenced-in grassy knoll, she used to love and play tug-of-war with her leash, but now she has to resort to the dried up grassy area along the walking path to play.

So what the NYC Parks Dept. doesn't know is that the once lush grass, is now what you would call dead land. It's looks barren, as if an area of the park saw a lot of foot traffic. With Spring fast approaching, the landscaper needs to follow-up on the status of the lawn. Dogs love to play on the grass, but have now been subjected to the dog run. 

Here are pictures taken the morning of 3-7-2012, you be the judge:

This posting explains that the lawn is closed for the Winter season, they have reseeded the grass and no dogs will be allowed on the lawn.  This should be said for the Brant Geese as well, so this is unfair to the dog owners, dogs who live in the neighborhood know not to defecate on the lawn, and if they do, the owners always pick up after them.

Dogs are thankful Spring is coming.  They will love you even more that they can run around on a lawn, as long as it's not in BB Park. So speak your mind, but dog runs are safer and away from any traffic.

Thanks for reading, Woof!!!