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Parks books Bushwick High on an unlit soccer field until 6 p.m. in December, 90 minutes after sunset

Eleven permit holders share Bushwick Playground's soccer field, the largest in the district, and its daylight is nearly booked. As of Nov. 6, the Parks Department had issued 114 permits still to come that run past sunset on Bushwick's unlit fields.

Three images: an aerial view of Bushwick Playground's soccer field with a red map pin; a card for Dec. 2 reading Field Hours 08:00:00-Sunset, Sunset 4:29 p.m., Bushwick High permit ends 6:00 p.m., with the last two times highlighted; players on the same field with the sun on the horizon beside a church steeple, labeled Griffin United Academy.

Parks books Bushwick High on an unlit soccer field until 6 p.m. in December, 90 minutes after sunset

Eleven permit holders share Bushwick Playground's soccer field, the largest in the district, and its daylight is nearly booked. As of Nov. 6, the Parks Department had issued 114 permits still to come that run past sunset on Bushwick's unlit fields.

Parks books Bushwick High on an unlit soccer field until 6 p.m. in December, 90 minutes after sunset
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Bushwick High School’s permit for Bushwick Playground’s soccer field runs 3 to 6 p.m. from September through March. On September 1, that ended about 90 minutes before sunset. In December it will end about 90 minutes after, on a field with no lights.

It is not the only one. As of November 6, the Parks Department’s schedule shows 114 permits still to come this fall and winter that run past sunset on Bushwick’s fields, 40 of them by more than an hour. None of Bushwick’s 54 active athletic facilities has lights.

Chart of Bushwick High School's permit from 3 to 6 p.m., September to March, against sunset. From November through mid-March, sunset comes before the permit ends, by about 90 minutes in December.
The permit’s hours do not change. Sunset does. Graphic: Bushwick Daily

Bushwick field permits

The permit stays put. The sun does not.

Minutes of Bushwick High School's 3-to-6 p.m. permit that fall after sunset, mid-month. The field has no lights.

91 minSept.Dec.March

Source: NYC Parks season permit spreadsheets, NOAA solar formula for sunset.

The permit stays put. The sun does not.
MonthMinutes after sunset
Sept.0
Oct.0
Nov.81
Dec.91
Jan.69
Feb.31
March8

There is little daylight to trade. Eleven groups hold permits this fall on Bushwick Playground’s soccer field, the largest in the district. From September 1 through November 30, permits cover 87 percent of its weekday hours between 3 p.m. and sunset and 95 percent of its weekend hours between 9 a.m. and sunset, and 41 of its 65 weekdays are full. Heckscher Playground’s soccer field is next among Bushwick’s main fields, at 73 percent on weekdays.

Across Bushwick’s fields, 219 of the 552 permits for September 1 through November 30 run past sunset, 164 by more than half an hour and 39 by more than an…

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