Saturday, April 19, 2025

A barricade-free chess experience in Tompkins Square Park now possible

The area around the chess tables inside the 7th and A entrance to Tompkins Square Park is now barricade free. 

EVG reader Joann Falkenburg noted this scene yesterday...
The tables had been (mostly) behind barricades since the fatal double shooting here last July. In September, D.A. Bragg's office anounced the indictment of two men for their alleged role in the shooting that 74-year-old Fermin Frito. A second man was also shot in the ambush that erupted over a reported drug turf war. 

Hopefully this spot — sometimes referred to as the "crime corner," at least in the EVG comments — can remain barricade-free moving forward.

With the barricades removed and field house renovations finished, Tompkins Square Park is now fully open to the public.
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3 comments:

  1. #DONTEVERCALLMEBROApril 19, 2025 at 10:40 AM

    "Hopefully this spot — sometimes referred to as the "crime corner," at least in the EVG comments — can remain barricade-free moving forward."

    10, 9, 8, 7......tick tick.

    Sorry.

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  2. UnknownApril 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM

    Yes, I also hope that the homeless and park junkies do not move in like last time and take over all the chess tables to use as their personal furniture. NYC Parks Enforcement and NYPD need to patrol that location regularly to keep that from happening again.

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  3. WotM8?April 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM

    Walked by there yesterday, all seats were taken & some of the 'regulars' were there as well. Still wouldn't sit there.

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