Domino Park has stationed private security guards and barricades at its entrances, drawing complaints from community members about the policy’s optics and implementation.
The recent addition of new security measures at the park is due to an increase in public drinking, fireworks and other illegal activities on the Williamsburg waterfront, says Michael Lampariello, director of Domino Park.
“We are trying to…
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Very fishy that you interviewed a guy named Lincoln Restler who just so happens to be commenting on assembly candidate Kristina Naplatarski’s twitter account. He sure gets around. Does the writer know him? Does the writer of this article have an agenda? Nothing wrong with checking people’s bags to make people safe. Stop making this about race. You are nothing more than a filthy Marxist commie and you should be fired!
Checking people’s bags before allowing them to emter a park?
What’s next- a strip search?
Domino wanst to discourage public use of the park so the park can eventually become a backyard for Domino residents & offices
The community ALLOWED Domino to built what it built in OUR community, because it promised such amenities as waterfront park space.
Katie Denny Horowitz, executive director of North Brooklyn Parks Alliance, should be far more concerned with standing up for the public rather than the owners of such public/private spaces. Perhaps her own non-profit “club” is not doing what it should be doing. But I bet she still makes a tidy profit from running it …
As Senator Rand Paul wisely said about Loser Trump’s storm troopers: We cannot sacrifice our freedom for security.
And if the Lincoln Restler is the same hard0working Lincoln Restler who has run for various comunity posts, he is the least “suspicious” person that I can imagine.
Stop making this about race? Really? I’d bet my life savings that Domino would just love to keep out the neighborhood’s black and hispanice kids out of their “public/private” lottle backyard enclave in green-space starved Williamsbirg.
As for the humorous comment about the firing of filthy Marxist commies like the author of the article, well on second thought perhaps Domino SHOULD keep emotionally fragile people like this esteemed & obviously steamed commentator from entering the park 🙂 For safety’s sake!
I got turn off when i saw a security guard checking bag to enter to the park. Who own the waterfront . If this is a public park or private very disappointed well i ended at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Not food so you can use the Tacocina? Just wonder!!!
Extremely off putting and offensive that a private company is monopolizing access to the waterfront. What is the legal basis for them doing this? I have read varying statements but nothing conclusive. Please follow up on this story.
security. sad but necessary thats because alot of people dont respect orhers.whos going to intervene when a situation is out if control. thats what happens when theres drunks and weed heads acting like who cares if theres kids or who ever .perhaps there should be a do what ever you want park and lets see who brings there family there.