Meria Hernandez Park is a great area. People do come here for walks for their health as well as with friends for a chat. Aged people do come here for their daily dose of laughter. The greenary of the park is too soothing. It calms everyone and people do long to come here. It os also a very good tourist spot. The peace and tranquility prevails over this area. Birds chirping in the evening can make anyone fall in love with this place. It is a huge area and people nearby do visit this area for refreshing their minds after everyday stressful work. One can meet new people and make new friends. One can observe that people from varied range starting from age to profession all gather here to take some fresh air. The vast area it covers is magnificent. Nothing can match this area. The water bodies present inside the park has different species. Overall it adds a separate biome to the region. Keeps the environment healthy and wealthy. The park has separate bicycle region where people can move around the park in their bicycle and can do exercise too. The greenary of the park is too soothing. It calms everyone and people do long to come here. It os also a very good tourist spot. The peace and tranquility prevails over this area. Birds chirping in the evening can make anyone fall in love with this place. It can be expressed over here in few lines but the place is lovely as well as lively. Its necessary to have such place within the heart of the city so that people can enjoy their moment specifically after every days stressful work. In the Autumn this place have a complete different view. In fact in each season the view of this area changes and that what...
Read morePark is okay. They built a new soccer/event/hangout space in the middle of the park last year I believe. Apparently whoever planned the rebuild has never visited the park nor understands what's needed for the long term success of the build. The fence was constructed lower than the prior one; soccer balls go flying over every 5 minutes or so. The fence should have been constructed of a more solid material other than wire. It's completely torn up due to residents bending it to exit the playground, or bent up to create a chair. Also, benches should have been installed. The dog parks are in need of rebuilds, but politics and mismanagement have stalled that from happening for many years. Apparently there's full time people who maintain the park overall, but they're awfully lazy about it. Rather than maintaining trees they let them die, or get infested, then remove them, so the park will never be flush with nature to enjoy. The park works and does its thing, but as with everything managed by NYC; don't...
Read moreBack in the 80's and early to mid 90's this park was not a place you would want to visit, or even pass by after sunset, drug dealers and drug users were all over that park, but we came a long way, it's an open green space for children and adults, u love hand ball, they have a court, like basketball ball, they have hoops, it's a beautiful open green space for everyone, the park is named after a woman named MARIA HERNANDEZ, a strong and outspoken community member who spoke out against all the drug dealing and drug use that was going on in the park, one day a person or persons who did not like her openness to speak publicly about these issues opened fire as she was going into her building. An out spoken woman who wanted to make our communities and park safer for our children and all adults was gunned down and unfortunately killed! Google her name I promise you'll be awe strucked R.I.P....
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