Not Quite a Washout: Cops and Community Partied in Shore Road Park for Night Out Before the Skies Opened
In Shore Road Park at 79th Street, kids were lining up for the bouncy houses — there for all to enjoy courtesy of the 68th Precinct Community Council and the precinct itself, staging the annual Night Out Against Crime party that Ridgeites old and young have come to expect.
The event takes place, each year, on the first Tuesday in August — August 7, this year — a celebration of cooperation between community residents and the cops who keep them safe, and this year was no exception.
However, Mother Nature, it seemed, had other plans.