Clove Lakes Park

December 12, 2001

STAR EMPLOYEES OF DECEMBER 2001

John S. (Johann) Bachman is Bronx’s Employee of the Month for December....

December 6, 2001

CLOVE LAKES PARK: A BABY AT EIGHTY

In 80 years, Clove Lakes Park has acquired a skating rink and ballfields, and assumed the...

October 15, 2001

A GREENSTREET BLOOMS IN MIDDLE VILLAGE, QUEENS

In 1994, Parks pioneered a new way of looking at the streetscape. Concrete medians, once...

July 26, 2001

KIDS HOLD THEIR HEADS HIGH IN WILLETS POINT PLAYGROUND

New York City's tallest security guards are two giraffes that flank the entrance to the...

July 2, 2001

NINE PARKIES NAMED EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH

Bernard (Roundup) Murchison is Bronx's Employee of the Month for June. Roundup joined...

June 26, 2001

FIFTEEN MINUTES (AT LEAST) OF FAME FOR "DAMON THE CAIMAN"

It was the talk of the town: a big toothed, scaly skinned alligator on the loose in Central...

April 23, 2001

PLAYGROUND FOR ALL CHILDREN RENEWED

In 1974, the City of New York set aside $100,000 from its first Federal Community Development...

April 3, 2001

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NINE NEW EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH!

Brian (Oakman) Aucoin is Bronx's Employee of the Month for March. Oakman started at Parks...

February 12, 2001

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS OF PARKS ANNUAL AWARDS!

Christopher P. (Boswell Croswell) Osgood , Rookie of the Year: BC became a Parkie on July...

January 10, 2001

LAST DAY OF Y2K’s A SNOW DAY

The snow began to fall Saturday morning, December 30, and when Parkies from Recreation awoke...