That one lovely patch of green on 21st street, embedded in the playground as a community garden, got nuked last week.

Murray Playground from space

...early one morning three weeks ago, four Parks Department employees with a large yellow earth-moving machine cut a hole in the four-foot-high chain-link fence that surrounds the garden and ripped up much of its middle portion, which was home to the garden’s butterfly bushes. They also tore down a latticework arbor, along with the wisteria and honeysuckle that climbed up it. More from the NYT

In case you didn't know already, our LIC parks are not the top rated. Hey, Gioia, get to work!