On most Sundays, McCarren Park hums with life as players chase victories across its fields as neighbors gather along the edges, spreading picnic blankets to spectate with local coffee in hand.
On Sunday, June 21, the park took on a different energy. McCarren became a place of tribute as friends, family members, and community leaders came together to rename the softball field after one of Greenpoint’s own, Ronnie Ortiz Jr.
Carmen Mendoza was “overwhelmed with…
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