Hammocking in NYC parks (Prospect: to buy, camping, living)
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So, I've been wanting to do some Hammocking in a park, something like Central or Prospect Park but I'm not sure if that's even allowed. I know it's a silly question but I really don't know if it's fine to do or not. Considering how wacky some of the laws in NYC can be. I don't intend to spend the night but just to hangout for a picnic or something.
I am going to guess that the police will pester you for hammocking: it's what they DO. If you complain, that's resisting arrest. If you are black they will kill you.
I am going to guess that the police will pester you for hammocking: it's what they DO. If you complain, that's resisting arrest. If you are black they will kill you.
Don't know the answer but there is a dedicated hammock area on Governors Island. It doesn't look that relaxing to me...no shade. https://govisland.com/activities/hammocks
So, I've been wanting to do some Hammocking in a park, something like Central or Prospect Park but I'm not sure if that's even allowed. I know it's a silly question but I really don't know if it's fine to do or not. Considering how wacky some of the laws in NYC can be. I don't intend to spend the night but just to hangout for a picnic or something.
Thanks for any info
My husband has brought his hammock to the park before and no one has bothered him about it.
We have one of those that does not damage the tree---it has bands that wrap and tighten.
How is it different if you put down a blanket and lie down/take a nap?
My husband has brought his hammock to the park before and no one has bothered him about it.
We have one of those that does not damage the tree---it has bands that wrap and tighten.
How is it different if you put down a blanket and lie down/take a nap?
Just be lucky Park Rangers are not around. They would tell your husband to take down the hammock. Thankfully upper class tiered folks get special privileges in this city. I remember walking through Prospect Park with my GF, and saw transient types doing tight-rope between two trees. On the other end of the tree I can see the tree bark being chewed by the ropes which is being walked on by a BBWish Midwestern woman.
Gee, did you not comprehend the sentence I wrote directly above that---we have one of those that does not damage the tree---it has bands that wrap and tighten. That is basically my way of suggesting that is how it should be done. I wasn't referencing damage either---my point was if you can sleep on the ground on a blanket, someone could do the same in a hammock and as long as they aren't there long-term/overnight, I don't see the difference. What I am getting at is if someone wouldn't bother someone lying down on the ground, why bother someone in a hammock?
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Originally Posted by Bronxguyanese
Just be lucky Park Rangers are not around. They would tell your husband to take down the hammock. Thankfully upper class tiered folks get special privileges in this city. I remember walking through Prospect Park with my GF, and saw transient types doing tight-rope between two trees. On the other end of the tree I can see the tree bark being chewed by the ropes which is being walked on by a BBWish Midwestern woman.
It probably helps he doesn't look transient. Or that I never see park rangers except in parks upstate. Or that he probably wouldn't bring it to a very busy park that always has cops walking around. If someone asked him to remove it, he wouldn't be a jerk about it.
And it is very easy to buy a hammock that doesn't damage trees. Go camping upstate and you will find more than half of the campsites are filled with them.
I think Hammocks are more for camping, backcountry. Im not fond of sleeping or dozing in public.
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