Any grass would not last- unless it was taken care of very well. That field is used a lot even in it's dusty state. I think the grass would turn to dust quickly if not attended.

The whole story appears on the Brooklyn Eagle website: www.brooklyneagle.net

It starts:

“This is what the park is supposed to be,” said Heights resident Jamie Millet, attending Saturday’s Afrobeat concert. “Everyone’s sitting on the grass on blankets eating their picnics; there’s a fabulous band, I smell grass. It’s gorgeous — people using the park the way it should be — without Astroturf,” she said.

But Millet and other members of a newly formed community group – the Cadman Park Community Council (CPCC) – fear the loss of that natural park experience.

The Parks Department will be installing Fieldturf— the improved version of Astroturf – over the dusty grass rectangular field south of the Brooklyn War Memorial Building...

i'd much rather have mud than turf, however advanced it might be.

Just thinking about putting AstroTurf in a city park makes us wonder if having Lego surfaces in parks is next...although that'd be kinda cool.

I dunno... Have you ever fallen and landed hard on a Lego piece? Concrete and pavement don't hurt as much.

First of all, your picture is funny, but sort of ignorant. The astroturf they're talking about is quite different. If you weren't paying attention, you wouldn't realize it was artificial. It's soft, and has "soil" -- little rubber pebbles that give with each footfall. It's what's used at the Parade Grounds in Brooklyn. The real question I have not seen asked is How much a voice does St. Anne's, the private school nearby, in this? The children of the well-heeled seem to use the park as a de facto field....

not sure how much of this park they want to 'turf - but i have to say there is one area, basically a playing field, that could use it. not sure it fits in well or is the best idea, but i'm guessing the proposal has something to do with some of the park being grassless and often muddy, especially since the grounds have worn down into kind of a bowl.

You know The major construction that's going on at McCarren Park in Greenpoint? The final product will include a large astroturf field.

the Radiohead song said to love for real even if its' fake

Isn't there already an astroturf pier as part of the Hudson River Park?

The entire borough of brooklyn should be outfitted with astroturf and fake palm trees then it wouldn't be such a stinkhole.