TLD reader Andrea DiFiore sent along these photos from Corlears Hook Park, where about a dozen trees destroyed by Hurricane Sandy were cut down last week. At least as many trees were toppled or made unstable in the immediate...
Lo-Down reader Dave Flaherty noticed that CitiBike installed the wrong map at their new Corlears Hook bike share location. The map tells bicyclists they are on Cherry Street, over by Coleman Skate Park. Oops.
Thanks to Lo-Down reader Andrea DiFiore for sending us her photos from the Corlears Hook Park clean-up effort this past weekend. It looks like it may be a while before dogs (and dog owners) are able to use the...
One of the best things about the Corlear's Hook Park dog run at Jackson and Cherry streets was its huge, beautiful old trees. Thanks to Hurricane Sandy, they have also been its undoing. The small dog run, the only...
This lost dog is looking to return home today, after being found by Lo-Down reader Jenny Coffey this morning in Corlears Hook Park, at the intersection of Jackson and Cherry Streets. According to his rescuer, the canine wanderer looks...
This weekend is your chance to dispose of that pine tree dropping needles all over your apartment, and turn it into mulch that helps plants in our public parks. (See adorable video here.)
The city's parks department is hosting its...
An eight-month-long renovation project at Corlear's Hook Park wrapped up this week, and a sparkling new sports complex is due to open later this month. The $2 million project includes a new large playing field for soccer and baseball, a batting cage,...
The new ballfields at Corlear's Hook Park near Jackson and Cherry streets are just about ready for play. Today's (and tomorrow's) weather will seem familiar: cloudy with a chance of showers, with a high around 80. We may see...
We just posted several photos showing the cleanup underway at the East River Co-op, where several trees were destroyed by Hurricane Irene. Right around the corner, in Corlears Hook Park, there was even more damage. A number of beautiful...
The weeds had a bad day, but everyone else at It's My Park Day on the Lower East Side seemed to be enjoying themselves on Saturday.
Along the East River Promenade near Delancey Street, middle- and high-schoolers were hard at...