Volunteers Needed to Help Clean-Up Broken Glass in Fort Greene Park

Tired of stepping over broken glass in Fort Greene Park? Here's a chance to be part of the solution to a pervasive boroughwide problem.

A volunteer effort, called Brooklyn Park Glass, is putting out a call for volunteers to clean up Fort Greene Park and other Brooklyn parks with hazardous patches of broken glass.

Here's the notice from the organizers:

Brooklyn Park Glass is an initiative to greatly reduce the amount of glass in Brooklyn parks. Broken glass is a huge problem in Brooklyn parks making it dangerous for children, wildlife, runners and regular park goers. 

Volunteers will be meeting the first two Saturdays of September (Sept. 3 and 10) and the last two Sundays (Sept. 18 and 25) to collect as much of the broken glass as possible. Broken glass will then be sent for recycling at a local facility that provides glass for local companies such as Brooklyn Icestone. 

To volunteer, email bklynbrokenwindow@gmail.com or check out the blog BklynBrokenWindow.blogspot.com.