BARKER v. TENNIS 59TH, INC.


99 A.D.2d 999 (1984)

Edward P. Barker et al., Respondents, v. Tennis 59th, Inc., Defendant, and City of New York, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

March 20, 1984


¶ Plaintiff, a 26-year-old New York City policeman, was a member of a softball team which used a playing field owned and maintained by the city and located on York Avenue, underneath the Queensboro Bridge. The field is under the jurisdiction of the Parks Department which charges a fee for its use. It is truly a sandlot for it is bereft of grass. ¶ The area encompassing the field is surrounded by a wire mesh fence. At the sides of the field are four stanchions on...

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