The Island Park Civic Association has recently been made aware of illicit activity in Shell Creek Park. Activities such as drug dealing, pot smoking, theft of fishing poles and fishing gear have been observed and reported to the police. We contacted Angie Cullen’s office to request security improvements at the park. The response from Angie Cullen’s office was to install a booth where entry to the paddleball and basketball courts will be monitored. Admittance to the courts is permitted for Town of Hempstead residents, children will need to show their bus pass and adults a drivers license.
We hope that the booth will improve the quality of life for those visiting Shell Creek Park. As a reminder, if you see illicit activity please call the police.
911 Tips
If asked for an address, provide a street and cross street to help them identify the area.
Unless you want an officer to come to your home inform them that you do not want an officer to come to the home.
Many police know the Barnum Isle neighborhood as North Long Beach.
more importantly,we should have an AED at Shell Creek. A monkey can work it,my 6 year old knows how to use it. I am a nurse and BLS Trainer,AED trainer. You only have about 3-4 minutes to use it successfully and patients commonly go down at parks, golf courses,tennis courts,plus there are baseball games there. If a kid gets hit in the chest head on with a ball he can go into v-fib arrest, the only thing that will save his life is a defribillator. How many more tragedies does NY we need before we get one??? I guess if you haven’t had to wrap a 12 yr old in a body bag who could have been saved w/ an AED u don’t want to get it. Please we need to consider this for the residents in our community!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Michelle B RN,BLS Instructor