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Metro

NYPD’s park crackdown still has a few leaks

By
Georgett Roberts and
Bruce Golding
Published Aug. 11, 2016, 11:43 p.m. ET
A man urinates outside the Mercer Street playground. William Farrington

The NYPD cracked down Thursday on the drugged-out bums who took over a Greenwich Village playground, clearing the way for children to return — ­although one creep sneaked in and rained on their fun.

Dozens of toddlers had filled Mercer Playground and frolicked in its sprinkler fountain for the first time since filthy vagrants ­began camping out there and scaring away everyone else.

The return to normalcy followed a Post exposé that prompted cops to start maintaining what one ­officer said would be a “constant presence” to ensure that the place serves its intended purpose.

But while cops were confronting a homeless man who entered the playground near the fountain around 12:15 p.m., a disgusting derelict approached from the other side and urinated on the fence.

The incident horrified Meg Bickford, a co-owner of the Kaleidescope Kids day-care center, who was passing by with six of her charges, including two in a stroller.

“At the park? At a children’s park? This is disgraceful!” she ­exclaimed.

In June, Mayor de Blasio signed City Council legislation to largely de-criminalize a host of offenses — including public urination — in a bid to reduce arrests for what he called a “minor nonviolent act of poor judgment.”

The bum’s outdoor bathroom break marked the low point in what visitors to the playground said was otherwise a remarkable turnaround in conditions there.

Kids play in the fountain at the Mercer Street playground.William Farrington

Village mom Gillian O’Banion, who was watching her twin 18-month-old sons splash in the fountain, was relieved to no longer have to push them in their stroller to Pier 25, a grueling, 35-minute trek.

“I wish something was done earlier in the summer,” said O’Banion, who lives around the corner.

“Knowing that there is a police presence — I have never seen them here — will make me feel comfortable.”

Nanny Maria Frost, who brought a child to the playground in a stroller, said she was gratified to be greeted by a cop when they ­arrived, and hailed The Post for getting action.

NYPD cops patrol the park.William Farrington

“I feel safe,” she said.

“Thank you very much.”

In addition to the police presence, two crews of Parks Department workers arrived to spruce up the grounds after being shamed by local maintenance man Delvin Pena, whom The Post spotted carting off a booze bottle and other debris Wednesday.

Pena was amazed at the sight of the city workers.

“Everybody was like, ‘Wow!’ ” he said.

“Finally, we’ve been heard.”