Singles seek love at Brooklyn’s McCarren Park dating wall

September 9, 2024 Brooklyn Eagle Staff

McCarren Park. Photo via NYC Parks

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MCCARREN PARK — A UNIQUE DATING EXPERIENCE IN BROOKLYN’S MCCARREN PARK has become popular with New York City singles. For a donation of $25-$60, participants can get two Polaroid photos taken — one to keep and one placed on a wall, alongside details about themselves, in hopes of meeting a match. The initiative, which has attracted more 600 people ages 19-55, offers an alternative to virtual dating by encouraging authentic in-person connections in Williamsburg.

The duo who conceived the Brooklyn-focused initiative —Vaishnavi Sesetty, a co-founder of Pique Dating App, and Bob Greco, a photographer who bases his photography projects in and around the park — take on the hard work of match making: investing time and effort in chronicling their clients’ interests, exchanging contacts and doing follow-up, but they say the results have proven rewarding.

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