It may take years for Prospect Park wildlife to return after area torched by NYC brush fire: experts
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It may take years for Prospect Park wildlife to return after area torched by NYC brush fire: experts

The two-acre wooded stretch of Prospect Park has been eerily quiet in the week since it was torched by a shocking bush-fire. Scores of squirrels, birds, raccoons, skunks and other critters that call the Brooklyn oasis home were forced to flee the burned sector — and it could take years…

Century-old WWI memorial left overgrown, ignored in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
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Century-old WWI memorial left overgrown, ignored in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

A tiny green refuge in Brooklyn honoring locals who died fighting in World War I is tucked away in a 3,000-square-foot park – mysteriously padlocked most days and hidden under overgrown brush. Few get to enjoy the city-owned Memorial Gore’s beauty since its biggest backers died, as the Williamsburg park…