The Great ‘Fentanyl Trash Can’ Freak-out

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15 street fights [The Great ‘Fentanyl Trash Can’ Freak-out]( How park litter made Brooklyn parents lose their minds. Photo: Sarah Baker The news of the fentanyl found at Crispus Attucks Playground traveled fast. Screenshots of the initial message sent by the Brooklyn Waldorf School to families on October 4 — “some children did find a full fentanyl capsule and, as it was appealingly candy colored, had hoped to take it home,” the school wrote — were bouncing around text threads from South Brooklyn to Park Slope to Ridgewood within hours, accompanied by pictures of the colorful little canisters, no larger than a penny. The New York Post was [tipped off]( not long after (“Fentanyl vial that looks like candy found at Brooklyn playground”). Then, the Fort Greene Park Conservancy sent out an [alert]( about “potential fentanyl ‘trash cans’” scattered in the park. More screenshots, more text threads, and more [Post stories]( followed. Suddenly, Brooklyn parks, and Brooklyn parents, were in crisis. [Continue reading »]( Want more on city life, real estate, and design? [Subscribe now]( to save over 60% on unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [‘Pretty Normal Mode of Operation’ The real-estate world can’t see the problem with Eric Adams’s fire-code meddling.]( By Kim Velsey [Leave the World Behind’s Apocalyptic Airbnb A modern farmhouse in Old Westbury, Long Island, was just what the design team wanted for the collapse of civilization.]( By Stephanie Krikorian [A California Artist Lives His Mexico City Dream Brian Thoreen’s studio and home has a tree growing in the middle of it.]( By Wendy Goodman [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( Introducing The City Desk, a weekly newsletter about New York. [Sign up to get it every Thursday](. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2023, All rights reserved