Gilroy Field

06/24/2020

No ball games, but plenty of BLM protests. Does that mean you gentrifiers are moving out?

03/31/2020

Stay off my damn lawn.

03/05/2019

The Parks Department is presenting a proposal about this field tomorrow night, 6pm, at the Swinging 60's Senior Center on Manhattan Ave in Williamsburg. Come let your voice be heard!

09/20/2018

Here's last night's story about my fellow ballfields and me...Fix Me Now!

WILLIAMSBURG, Brooklyn -- Field of Dreams? More like a field of nightmares for athletes who play on Gilroy Field at McCarren Park. This is a community park in one of the hottest communities in the city. But based on the aesthetics of the fields, some would say otherwise. The playing area is often wa...

09/06/2018

Attention players from NoPro Sports, Greenpoint Softball League, and Brooklyn Kickball:

**TONIGHT** at 6PM**

There is a public visioning session occurring this coming Thursday September 6th concerning the upcoming renovations of the McCarren Park Ballfields 1, 2, & 3. 3 is Gilroy Field!

The meeting will be taking place at the McCarren Play Center 776 Lorimer Street (between Bayard St. and Driggs Ave 11222)

Please show up to the meeting any time you can and tell them to fix our field now!

09/04/2018

There is a public visioning session occurring this coming Thursday September 6th concerning the upcoming renovations of the McCarren Park Ballfields 1, 2, & 3. 3 is Gilroy Field!

The meeting will be taking place on Thursday, September 6th at 6:30PM at the McCarren Play Center 776 Lorimer Street (between Bayard St. and Driggs Ave 11222)

Please show up to the meeting any time you can and tell them to fix our field now!

08/28/2018

No Open Space Alliance for North Brooklyn and New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, we don't need a capital project for basic maintenance. We just need to fill in some craters with dirt and install some drainage pipes for the water fountains. Instead of your PEP police hogging the bathrooms inside the Red Parks Building, how about opening them up to the public, as they once were? We don't need 7 million dollars down the road - spend a nickel now.

08/09/2018

Ask 50 times, and ye may receive. Field is being worked on...

08/08/2018

Hey Open Space Alliance for North Brooklyn, if you're truly *the* friend of McCarren Park, you'll fix this mess Parks created! No one should have to break their back draining this pond behind 2nd base! Get to work!

02/02/2018

The Parks Department is shutting the soccer fields for a year to accomplish what should be done in a week. They were warned this decision would create total chaos, and the question is: will our local Parks Administrator direct our Parks Enforcement to keep the peace, or are they here just to harass the people in the park?

WILLIAMSBURG - After two years of planning and procurement, the reconstruction of McCarren Park's synthetic turf soccer field is about to kick-off. The only downside? The field will be closed for at least a year.

09/08/2017

Parks delivered some dirt and we made modest gains towards a smooth field.