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SOCCER
come together and share
their passion for the game,
according to the executive
director of the Mayor’s
Fund to Advance New York
City, which co-sponsors
the NYC Soccer Initiative
along with the U.S. Soccer
Foundation, the New York
City Football Club, Etihad
Airways, and Adidas.
“It’s clear that there is
no shortage of talent, passion,
or interest surrounding
the sport among Coney
Island residents of all ages
— in both of our planned
locations we’ve seen people
setting up makeshift
goal posts, using the resources
at hand to play the
game they love,” said Toya
Williford. “These pitches
GOING POSTAL: Brian Cunningham said the city must replace
what he called one of the city’s most crime-plauged mailboxes
with a more secure version. Photo by Trey Pentecost
will add new high-quality
play space and will also
serve as positive gathering
places for all community
members to enjoy.”
Honchos plan to build
the public fi elds at Neptune
Playground, on W.
12th Street between Neptune
and Surf avenues, and
at Century Playground, on
W. Brighton Avenue at W.
Second Street, pending approval
from the city Public
Design Commission, according
to Mayor’s Fund
spokeswoman Ashleigh
Fryer, who added that construction
of the fi elds will
likely take place over the
summer.
Fryer said the fi elds
will vary in size depending
on the location, but
will be an average of 4,500
square feet, or one-tenth
the minimum size of a professional
soccer fi eld, according
to the standards
set by the sport’s governing
body, the International
Federation of Association
Football.
Offi cials behind the $3
million, fi ve-year initiative
aim to build another
30 fi elds throughout the
city in addition to the 20
they’ve already lain down
since announcing the
scheme in 2016, Fryer said.
Four of those fi elds are
in Kings County, but the
green spaces slated for Sodom
by the Sea will be the
fi rst to arrive in southern
Brooklyn.
And the plan has locals’
support: 28 members
of Community Board 13
voted unanimously in favor
of the measure, in an
advisory capacity, at its
April 24 general meeting.
postal reps have singled out
that specifi c crate, claiming
mail there frequently
falls victim to so-called
“fi shing scams,” according
to another peeved Prospect
Lefferts Gardens resident.
“It’s the most infamous
mail package theft
in New York City based on
the NYPD and Postal Service’s
own admission,” said
Brian Cunningham, who
launched a hard-fought,
but losing challenge for
Mathieu Eugene’s Council
seat in 2017. “This is a mailbox
people are advised not
to use.”
The fi shing scam is a
low-tech, but highly effective
technique for pulling
letters from USPS blue
boxes using nothing more
than a length of string and
a sticky glue trap meant for
capturing rodents.
And the selfi sh scheme
is hitting senior citizens
the hardest, according to
Cunningham, who said
many elders don’t realize
their mail’s been stolen
until their landlords
start demanding payment
weeks, or even months after
checks were sent out.
“For seniors, who are
paying rent, paying bills,
mail checks being snatched
up, or items being sent to
loved ones, is very distressing,”
he said.
NYPD spokeswoman
Det. Mason confi rmed there
were three complaints related
to that mailbox this
year, including one heist
that nabbed a pricey parcel
worth more than $1,000
on March 5, and offi cers at
the 71st Precinct are working
with the U.S. Postal Inspection
Service — the lawenforcement
arm of USPS
— to outfi t that box with an
anti-theft door.
Mailbox fi shing scams
are not unique to the Flatbush
Avenue drop box, and
the Postal Service is currently
in the process of either
replacing, or modifying
all city blue boxes to
reduce theft, according to
USPS spokeswoman Maureen
Marion, who noted
that mailboxes are being
replaced in order of highest
priority.
A spokeswoman for the
Postal Inspection Service
confi rmed that mailbox is
part of an ongoing investigation,
but would not provide
any additional information.
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