Community Board 10 tells city: Fix Dyker Park bathrooms!
If you go to Dyker Beach Park to play softball or sit on a bench to enjoy nature, you will have a big problem if nature calls. The park’s restrooms are out of order and have been for some time, according to frustrated Community Board 10 officials, who said they have been trying to get the city’s Parks Department to fix the toilets for months to no avail.
“The district office has received several calls from residents concerned about the Dyker Beach Park restrooms. They are still out of service,” Board 10 District Manager Josephine Beckmann told board members at a recent meeting. The board serves Dyker Heights and Bay Ridge.
Visitors to sprawling Dyker Beach Park, which stretches from 86th Street and Seventh Avenue to Cropsey Avenue and Bay 8th Street, don’t have to hold it in if they feel the need to go to the bathroom, Board 10 officials said. There are Portosans set up inside the park. But it’s not the same as having a full service rest room, Beckmann said.