The park, which for decades was known as a hub of counterculture and an anchor for protests in the city, has now been overrun with social media influencers looking to go viral.
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The social media influencers now run Washington Square Park
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Development would bring public pool to West Village as historic rec center remains busted
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Restore or replace? Fight over historic West Village rec center and pool drags on.
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Stretch of Rockaway shoreline on Jamaica Bay needs ‘aggressive repairs,’ feds say
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These NYC pools kept closing last summer after people pooped in them
New York City’s public pools turned into toilets at a surprisingly high rate last summer, as the parks department was forced to close its swimming holes 203 times to clean up a visitor’s poop.
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Dangerous section of Jacob Riis beach likely to remain off-limits this summer
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Jacob Riis Beach boardwalk to get badly needed repairs this fall
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7 drowned at NYC beaches this summer. Most grew up in the city without access to pools.
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‘We are in a state of emergency’: 6th drowning reported at NYC beaches this summer
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Erosion is causing ‘extremely hazardous’ conditions on Riis Beach, where 2 teens were swept to sea
Erosion is rapidly washing away the shoreline of Jacob Riis Park in Rockaway — and the National Park Service says the ongoing problem has created “extremely hazardous” swimming conditions in an area of the beach where two teenage boys were swept out to sea last week.
