Queens Community Board 5, which serves the neighborhoods of Ridgewood, Glendale, Middle Village, Maspeth, Fresh Pond and Liberty Park, held its monthly meeting and public hearing on Wednesday, Nov. 13.
The meeting addressed several pressing issues raised by residents, including ongoing concerns about Highland Park and Evergreen Park.
Both parks have become focal points of controversy, with residents voicing frustrations about specific activities impacting their quality of life.
During the public forum, Highland Park’s disc golf course took center stage, as multiple speakers criticized the activity for disrupting the park’s serene atmosphere. The course, introduced earlier this year, has reportedly caused tensions between disc golfers and other parkgoers.
Steven Laxton, another local resident, echoed her concerns, highlighting conflicts arising from the proximity of the disc golf course to other park users. “Disc golfers treat the area like a dedicated golf course, and anyone in their way becomes an inconvenience. Park-goers just trying to enjoy nature are being harassed and told to move,” Laxton said.
Jasmine Chino, a mother and teacher from the neighborhood, lamented the loss of a peaceful retreat. “Once the disc golf course came, it became uncomfortable to sit there. There’s these flying projectiles around you. Where do you sit? It’s very interfering. People have been asked to move, people have been hit. The community and Highland Park needs this green space,” she said.
5 comments:
We need to extend the 7 to Bayside to punish them for banning festivus
Some of these long-range disks these idiots are tossing are high speed, difficult to control and thin. You get hit with one the right way your getting hurt, knocked out, broken nose, broken teeth.
Bags of professional equipment including "Driving Disks" "Mid-Range" disks should not be allowed. Putter disks and frisbees only!!!
The big problem there is you have these profession players, clubs parachuting in and taking over a public thing that was created for fun, casual recreation, kids and learners.
Whats happening with this "takeover" of a park is not right.
We recently had a beef with these mother"F%#$#s in Manhasset, they were a professional club from Bayside and no right to trespass and hurt an elderly person sitting on a bench minding his own business eating pizza
-Joe
What the heck is Disk Golf?
"What the heck is Disk Golf? "
They throw frisbee like rotating pucks through the air into baskets on poles instead of holes, only these disks are smaller, heavier and go much faster.
FORE!
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