This alliterative park in East Elmherst is unusual. It is littered with aviation guiding lights and cuts diagonally across several blocks before ending abruptly at the runway of LaGuardia Airport. The reason for these strange patches of park is none other that good old fashioned government regulation and a too-close airport. Because the property line of LaGuardia’s runway is so close to the nearby residential neighborhood in Queens, the airport’s landing lights extend out into the neighborhood next door. Residents of the neighborhood are able to go out and enjoy…
