Double D pool will stay OPEN!

Last week we posted about an unfortunate pool closing in our neighborhood, the Douglas-Degraw pool. Fortunately, after local residents and electeds rallied support, the 4 pools which had been set for closure thus summer will instead be open for everyone to enjoy. The City Council and Mayor have agreed to a budget that may not be perfect, but does spare the much needed source of recreation for our residents.  The Brooklyn paper has the full story

SUIT UP TO SAVE DOUBLE "D" POOL

Put on your bathing suit (bikinis, yes! Speedos, not so much) and join Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz (who will be donning his swimming trunks) and Councilmember Stephen Levin at a demonstration protesting the city's decision to close of one Brooklyn's most popular outdoor swimming pools!

Please bring inflatable kiddie pools, goggles, and inner tubes, beach balls and handmade, colorful ("SAVE OUR POOL") signs to show the media and elected officials your support for the Douglass-Degraw pool, which serves thousands of local residents and inner city kids.

WHEN: Sunday, June 20, 2010 at 10:00 AM
WHERE: Thomas Greene Park in front of the Pool (Douglass Street between Nevins Street and 3rd Avenue)

WHO: All your neighbors including US Representative Yvette Clarke, Assembly Member Joan Millman, State Senator Velmanette Montgomery, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, City Councilmember Stephen Levin, Boerum Hill Association, Friends of Douglass/Greene Park, Wyckoff Gardens Tenants' Association, Gowanus Houses Tenants' Association, Brooklyn Boulders, Homage

Skateshop, PS 38, PS 261, Math and Science Middle School

Help Keep D & D Pool Afloat

The Cobble Hill Association got recent word that the NYC Parks Department plans to shorten the outdoor pool season by two weeks citywide as well as pull the plug entirely on four pools with low attendance in order to save the city $1.4 million dollars. One of them unfortunately is our closest option, the Douglas - Degraw Pool. Though the Red Hook pool is wonderful and will remain open, the D & D pool is a much more realistic walking destination from Cobble Hill, especially with young children.

There is now a petition up which you can add your signature in just seconds, without any need for submitting donations.

"DON'T CLOSE THE DOUGLASS/DEGRAW POOL IN BROOKLYN"
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/stopclosureofddpool/

UPDATE!!! Councilman Levin has come out in support of keeping the pool open. Read about it here...
http://brooklynpaper.com/stories/33/25/dtg_gb_levinonpool_2010_06_18_bk.html

Gowanus Grind

Join the Friends of Douglass/Greene Park for the 2nd annual Gowanus Grind on April 17 from NOON to 5pm - skate contest and clinic, live music and food, tai/chi, plus games and activities for kids. Thomas Greene Park is located on Third Avenue between Douglass and Degraw. (Rain date - April 18th).

See the link in the Brooklyn Paper: http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/33/15/33_15_md_gowanus_grind.html

For more information about Friends of Douglass Greene Park, check our website: www.friendsofdouglassgreenepark.org