"If residents want a park to close at night, the Department of Parks and Recreation must get the OK from that area’s neighborhood board prior to implementation." Only if it suits the city. With no notice to the community in 2016 the Parka Dept. changed the hours of Smith/Beretania park, closing it from 7 pm to 7 am when it had been closed for 9 pm to 6 am. The Downtown-Chinatown board objected but Parks refuses to budge. Worse, they won't say who ordered the revised hours or why they won't give the park back to the residents, families and others who need it open in a high rise area with 10,000 nearby residents and no parks. Just another example of how the city is shutting park and recreation access.