McCarren’s “Hipster Lake” to be gone by summer

McCarren Park's Hipster Lake
McCarren Park's Hipster Lake

The giant puddle in front of McCarren Park, known to many as “Hipster Lake,” will be gone by the summer, DNAinfo.com reported.

The $930,000 construction project, funded by City Councilmember Stephen Levin, includes renovating pathways to prevent flooding at the park’s entryway.

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“Council Member Levin has allocated a total of $930,000 for path work at McCarren Park,” a Parks Department spokeperson, Meghan Lalor, told DNAinfo. “The funding is intended to improve both entrances along North 12th Street and the Bedford Avenue/Lorimer Street entrance, as well as the deteriorated pathways that connect these entrances.”

Portions of the park have been fenced off recently as the renovations began. [DNAinfo] –Hayley Kaplan