STREET GANG OCCUPIES HISTORIC BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S PLAYGROUND
For over three months a Latino Street Gang named the “Netas” has been occupying an area of benches and tables on the Hart Street side of the Heritage Row Playground located in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, NY. The Heritage Row Playground was named in recognition and on behalf of the Heritage Row Houses. The Heritage Row Houses is a 12 row-house complex of 1 family–3 story houses built by Habitat For Humanity’s year 2000 “Jimmy Carter Work Project.” President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter helped build the houses, which climaxed in the dedication of Habitat’s 100,000th house. This was the first time in the history of New York City that a children’s Playground has been named in dedication of houses. Historically, Parks, Playgrounds, Streets and Bridges were only named after “persons,” with almost (if not) all being dedicated “posthumously.” This street gang has been unlawfully assembling in and around the playground. They have been vandalizing the area with ...