Applications are still being taken until 6/6/08 for the early bird special pricing.
Stop by 64 Ebony Court to pick up an application
The Kiddie Beach parade is this Saturday June 6th at 10:00 AM.
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Kiddie Beach Registration will be held every Thursday at the Cort Club during the month of April and the first two Thursday’s in May. 7:00 pm – 9:00pm
The water quality at New York State’s beaches is getting worse, according to a report by the Natural Resources Defense Council. The number of water samples taken at coastal and Great Lakes beaches that exceeded state standards for bacteria reached 11 percent in 2007, up from 9 percent in 2006. New York ranks eighth worse (out of 30 coastal states ) in terms of the percent of water samples taken at beaches that exceeded health standards. And it seems New York may have snagged the council’s prize for least forthcoming state. On that measure, at least, the city does better by providing lots of data. And the environmental group’s report applauded the city’s monitoring of its beaches and its method of issuing advisories. But in describing the city’s pollution of its water, the report paints a sickening picture (particularly if you’ve been at the beach recently) of a witch’s brew of stormwater and sewage flowing into the sound and the ocean. Despite that, the city’s beaches are cleaner than some of those on Long Island or along the Great Lakes. As in previous years, the private Douglas Manor Beach was the city’s dirtiest by the report’s measure, with 20 percent of its samples exceeding standards. It was followed by Gerritsen/Kiddie where 14 percent of the sample did not meet health standards. No city beaches ranked among New York’s worst. Fully 44 percent of the samples taken at the foulest beach — Suffolk’s County’s Tanner Park — exceeded state standards for bacteria. Next was Wright Park West in Chautauqua at 38 percent, Ontario Beach in Monroe (37 percent), Venetian Shores in Suffolk (33 percent), and Hamburg Bathing Beach and Woodlawn Beach-Woodlawn Beach State Park in Erie (both at 31 percent). Kiddie/Gerritsen: threshold levels of 0.2 inch per 2 hours or 0.4 inch per 24 hours (advisory duration is 72 hours).
This picture is a great way to sum up this week. We’re all in this together! Kiddie Beach will be opening up soon so you might as well grab the application. If you have never signed up before why not give them a try this year. Unfortunately the beach will not be open for the memorial day weekend. Volunteers are working on the snack stand, to bring it up to code with the health department and making lots of major structure upgrades. As soon as the upgrades are complete Kiddie Beach will be able to open.
Kiddie Beach Membership Application
Kiddie Beach is going to be opening in a few months so you might as well get the Early Bird registration rates while you can. Kiddie Beach will be having Registration every Thursday, starting next week at the Cort Club, until May 22nd from 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, May 22nd being the last day for Early Bird Special. (Previous Post: Holy Crap, Kiddie Beach Water, Takes a Turn for the Worse) The reading taken on the 4th and the high presence of enterococci does not indicate a public health threat. Many factors can affect readings. Rainwater runoff, waterfowl and tidal action can cause high results that nature will fix in a day or two. Here is the strange thing… Continue reading Strange Update on Kiddie Beach Water
As of August 4th our own Kiddie Beach has the highest count of enterococci bacteria in Brooklyn. The acceptable EPA limit of Enterococci Bacteria is 33 per 100 ml (over a 30 day period). We scored a 39 with a single day score of 266. Yippie? Is that good? Higher scores mean we scored well? Nope!
I don’t know about you but I don’t want typhoid or dysentery. They don’t sound like happy diseases. Folks, if you or someone you know was swimming over by kiddie beach and has had shown any of the following symptoms please report it, the city would like to know. report it here Ear Infection, Eye Infection, Sore Throat, Itchy Rash, Vomiting, Diarrhea and/or Stomach pain.
Guess what? According to New Yorkers for Parks (NY4P), New York City beaches are performing poorly overall NY4P is the only independent watchdog for all the City’s parks, beaches and playgrounds. They aren’t new either, they have been doing this for nearly 100 years. They graded the beaches on 4 major service areas
NY4P has 4 goals with releasing this report.
Why a report card? Waterfront access in New York City is precious, and the 14 miles of public beaches offer some of the few points along the shoreline where any New Yorker can jump in the water and swim. Beaches also afford opportunities for boating, birding, strolling, surfing, and relaxing. The Parks Department is responsible for ensuring that beaches are clean, safe and available for public use. The Report Card on Beaches highlights and monitors this important component of the Parks Department’s inventory, and the results show that our beaches need additional care. Results are below the fold. Kiddie beach isn’t going to be on the list. Continue reading Report Card on Beaches 2007
If you want to see the water quality before you head out to the local beaches, go to the NYC Beach Quality and Safety site. There you can check for any advisories that would keep you safe from bacteria due to Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO’s) and stormwater runoff. People with underlying medical conditions, young and elderly people may be more likely to get sick if beach water is swallowed.
The Wet Weather Advisory means that swimming and bathing are not recommended
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News 12 Reporting Raises Red Flags.
Beach Water quality raises red flags – News 12
I just found a News 12 article specifically talking about Kiddie Beach and the recent report from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The only problem is that everything in the report is wrong!
First off, they didn’t even get the name of the organization that released the report correct. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) released the report, they incorrectly have it as the “Natural Resource Council”. It isn’t a big deal but it’s a sign of things to come and I’m sure the NRDC wouldn’t be too happy about giving a fictitious group credit for their report.
“News” 12 goes on to say that Kiddie Beach was shut down over 40 times due to “pollution”.
Kiddie Beach was never shut down over “pollution”. In fact the Department of Health did not close ANY of the beaches due to water quality in 2007.
Why is news 12 making up facts?
The facts are that Kiddie Beach is automatically issued a preemptive wet weather advisory after a rainfall of 0.2 inch per 2 hours or 0.4 inch per 24 hours. The rainwater all over the city runs off or is dumped into area water ways by millions of gallons.
These are the only reasons a beach can be closed.
Maybe writing and filiming stories in their cars without any research is a problem.