It's My Park! Day a Success in the Mosholu Gully

Lots of different organizations came out to lend a hand to beautify the Mosholu "gully," which is located on E. Mosholu Parkway South and Webster Avenue. Bedford Mosholu Community Association was lucky enough to have the help of youngsters from Christodora and the Explorers from the 52nd Precinct. The Mosholu Preservation Corporation was also working on a variety of projects in the gully with their army of volunteers. The projects for the day included scraping and painting the pillars along the Parkway, planting flowers, sweeping the sidewalks, and clearing weeds in the gully for future planting sites. Below are some photos from the day...~ErLu

It's My Park! Day Saturday

This Saturday (5/15) is It's My Park! Day throughout NYC. Click here to see an overview of the day and figure out exactly where your local park's event is taking place.

For anyone living in the Bedford Park area, the Bedford Mosholu Community Association will be meeting at 10am at the Mosholu Comfort Station at Webster Avenue and Mosholu Pkwy. South.

The forecast shows just a few clouds and 72 degrees - perfect weather to get out and help clean up your local park!

~ErLu

It's My Park! Day Tomorrow

Okay people, it's time to stop complaining about your local park and put a little muscle into helping to fix it up.

This Saturday, 10/24, at 10am is It's My Park! Day throughout NYC. Click here to see an overview of the day and figure out exactly where your local park's event is taking place.

For anyone living in the Bedford Park area, the Bedford Mosholu Community Association will be meeting at the Mosholu Comfort Station at Webster Avenue and Mosholu Pkwy. South.

Hopefully the rain will hold off so we can spend some time cleaning up our local park - see you there!

~ErLu

Park Cleanup a Success

Despite the rainy weather this past Saturday, Bedford Park's 'It's My Park! Day' was a huge success. Volunteers came armed with rain gear ready to help with various cleanup projects along the Mosholu Parkway.

In addition to general litter removal, groups also worked on graffiti removal (pictured below) and the weeding and rejuvenating of a garden area in the 'gully' near Webster Avenue (pictured above).Special shout outs go to the NYPD Explorers youth program volunteers, as well as Barbara Stronczer for all the work she did to organize the Bedford Mosholu Community Association's cleanup projects for the day.

~ErLu

It's My Park! Day This Weekend

Come on out and clean your local park this Saturday!

Okay people, it's time to stop complaining about your local park and put a little muscle into helping to fix it up.

This Saturday, 5/16, at 10am is It's My Park! Day throughout NYC. Click here to see an overview of the day and figure out exactly where your local park's event is taking place.

For anyone living in the Bedford Park area, the Bedford Mosholu Community Association will be meeting at the Mosholu Comfort Station at Webster Avenue and Mosholu Pkwy. South.

Click here to check out our post about the last It's My Park! Day in the fall.

Hope to see you there!

~ErLu

It's My Park! Day Beautifies and Inspires

Mother Nature cooperated and Saturday's city-wide It's My Park! Day was a huge success... Well, at least the Mosholu Parkway cleanup in Bedford Park was.

There were a couple of different organizations out cleaning up the gully area of the Mosholu Parkway near Webster Avenue. The Bedford Mosholu Community Association, which is led by Barbara Stronczer (pictured below with BMCA volunteer Rich Gallagher), had many different supplies available for raking leaves or picking up trash. Volunteers from Mosholu Preservation Corporation, including president Dart Westphal (pictured getting his hands dirty above), as well as volunteers from GreenApple Corp and Building with Books, did planting and worked on projects aimed at shoring up erosion.

We gotta say, this kind of event really restores our faith in humanity. For at least one glorious day, the image negligent residents tossing King Cobra cans in the park or leaving steaming doggie doo-doo-pies for the BoogieDowner to step in on the sidewalk was completely erased by all the energetic goodwill we witnessed.

A special shout out to Barbara Stronczer for all the work she did to organize the Bedford Mosholu Community Association's cleanup projects for the day.

Did any of you guys participate in your local It's My Park! Day? If so, leave a comment or two, and also feel free to send us your pictures at boogiedowner@gmail.com. If you didn't participate, I hope you step in a doggie doo-doo-pie next time you visit your local park... just kidding! (But not really.)

~ErLu

It's My Park! Day

Okay people, the weather's looking a little iffy for Saturday, but even if it rains a little you must get out to help beautify your neighborhood. You won't melt if you get a little wet (unless you're a witch?)

This Saturday, 10/25, at 10am is It's My Park! Day throughout NYC. Click here to see an overview of the day and figure out exactly where your local park's event is taking place.

For anyone living in the Bedford Park area, the Bedford Mosholu Community Association will be meeting at the Mosholu Comfort Station at Webster Avenue and Mosholu Pkwy. South.

~ErLu