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(Lack Of) Park Progress, (Lack Of) "The L" Business Top Civic's Agenda
"There's really nothing on Avenue L," said the civic association's president, Neal Duncan. "In October we received a letter from the Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation as a result of the surveys that were collected nearly three years ago from merchants along the strip. A lot of people stipulated that they want to see more retail stores, children's stores and restaurants. I know I want to see more of a variety of shops and not the same kind of stores on every block. But nothing is being done." Duncan then spoke about the pro-gress of construction at Canarsie Park, noting that the first phase of the project is slated to be completed in the fall. "I don't normally see people working there - maybe they're working in an area we can't see. Community mem-bers made a lot of complaints during the initial portion of the project and we want a walk-through of the park with one of the developers or contractors to see what the status is. You can't even find information on the Parks Department Web site." Duncan also said that even though he sees a wrought iron fence being erected along Seaview Avenue, the fence around the USCCA garden at East 93 Street has not been tended to. City Councilman Lew Fidler said, "I secured over $5 million for this project so that Canarsie Park would be the envy of other neighborhoods. I'm going to make sure I keep the promise I made to this community and I will follow up with the Depart-ment of Parks to see what we can do." Although some say work isn't go-ing fast enough, a casual observer can see some progress being made. Most of the wrought iron fence has been installed, there is added lighting near the cricket field and heavy machinery appears to be in operation daily. Duncan handed out a list of locations throughout the community where traffic cameras have been installed. Locations include Flatlands and Ralph avenues, Flatbush Avenue at the Toys-R-Us entrance, Flatbush Avenue and Avenue H and Kings Highway and Remsen Avenue. Duncan said that since the driver of the car is not on camera, the owner of the car is ticketed. "Someone else can be driving your car, but there is no disputing the ticket. They have photos of your car at all different angles," he added.
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