Chapter 5: Jacob Riis Park.

This park does not have enough funds to keep the place proper. Jacob Riis Park has a beach where more socially and culturally diverse population encounter one another while engaging in a great variety of activities. In federal parks the government has to consul the public and has to consider the viability of cultural groups ways when managing and making major changes to the park.  Most people that use Jacob Riis Park are recent immigrants who do not speak English or do not have a citizenship.The cultural behavior of these park users poses a challenge for park staff. This park has different bays. Bay 1 is a bay where many gays go, it is also a nude bay. This bay is dirty which does not stop people from coming here, the crowd is diverse.  Bays 5 &6 are where people sit in groups or alone. These bays are more relaxed and quite and the crowd is mixed. Bay 14 the boardwalk has no facilities and acts as a sort of cul-de-sac for boardwalk activities. Mostly men visit this bay.