by Jen G 
McGolrick Park is a hidden gem on the other side of McGuinness Blvd (#OSOM) but many local residents feel the park needs some major love, like updates to the playground and repair to the pathways. It doesn’t help that neighborhood punks have no respect, either; last year they set fire to benches and vandalized the statue.
Residents of #OSOM have come together and formed the McGolrick Park Neighborhood Alliance (like it!). Last week they pleaded…
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It is one of the best parks in NYC and what I miss the most about living in Greenpoint. The Parks department workers there do an amazing job keeping it clean considering how the human animals leave it. Plus the flowers are beautiful. I hope they are successful at keeping it beautiful.
OSOM? I thought I had been living in Greenpoint for 35 years