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Kickball is the new city game — in Williamsburg

Meadows of Shame

Field of dreams! City backtracks, will allow league play at McCarren Park this summer

By Aaron Short

Prospect Park ‘residents’ evicted — and their shanty is destroyed

Meadows of Shame

Prospect Park ‘residents’ evicted — and their shanty is destroyed

By Natalie O’Neill

Kickball is the new city game — in Williamsburg

Meadows of Shame

Pain in the grass! McCarren not ready for baseball, kickball

By Aaron Short

Dog gone! Pups booted from Barge Park

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Dog gone! Pups booted from Barge Park

By Aaron Short

Park officials: We’ll save geese this time

Meadows of Shame

Pols to city: Don’t lower the goose noose

By Gersh Kuntzman

A gooseless city? Feds reveal that they can kill birds pretty much anywhere

Meadows of Shame

Lake of ire! Goose lovers will rally to stop this summer’s slaughter

By Natalie O’Neill

Architects compete to spruce up the canal zone

Cleaning Our Waterways

Architects compete to spruce up the canal zone

By Gary Buiso

Groan depot! Bus lot polluted Gowanus for years

Cleaning Our Waterways

Groan depot! Bus lot polluted Gowanus for years

By Gary Buiso

Dead cat in Prospect Park! Warning: Explicit photo of said cat

Meadows of Shame

Dead cat in Prospect Park! Warning: Explicit photo of said cat

By Gary Buiso

Meet the flockers! Two doomed geese show up from Canada

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Meet the flockers! Two doomed geese show up from Canada

By Natalie O’Neill

Oh, ship! Vessel found at the bottom of the Gowanus

Cleaning Our Waterways

Oh, ship! Vessel found at the bottom of the Gowanus

By Gary Buiso

Feds: We know where Gowanus Canal filth is

Cleaning Our Waterways

THIS JUST IN: Feds finally state what we all know — the Gowanus is a cancer-causing toilet

By Gary Buiso

‘Walk’ this way! City to expand Newtown Creek nature path

Cleaning Our Waterways

‘Walk’ this way! City to expand Newtown Creek nature path

By Aaron Short

Meanwhile, group pitches a new boathouse

Cleaning Our Waterways

Green dreams in Greenpoint — Locals choose projects to get $7M in state cash

By Aaron Short

Swan lake! Crippled cygnet saved in Prospect Park

Meadows of Shame

Swan lake! Crippled cygnet saved in Prospect Park

By Gary Buiso

City tightens ban on Newtown Creek kayaking

Cleaning Our Waterways

Kayak flip flop! City will lift ban on boat launches into filthy Newtown Creek

By Aaron Short

Hut, hut, HIKE! City mulls raising park and recreation fees

Meadows of Shame

Hut, hut, HIKE! City mulls raising park and recreation fees

By Aaron Short

Baby bandit! Sunset Parker aids orphaned raccoon

Meadows of Shame

Raccoon tests positive — but park critics are rabid

By Gary Buiso

This is a cartoon of a crying squirrel.

Meadows of Shame

What else should be illegal?

By Gersh Kuntzman and Andy Campbell

Duck feeding is an age-old pasttime

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Duck feeding is an age-old pasttime

By Stephen Brown

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