Community activists, residents and business leaders on Monday demanded the city stop allowing “mega” music festivals like Riot Fest to take over Douglass Park, saying the events don’t benefit the community and pose a danger to patients at nearby hospitals.
They held a news conference in the park, at the corner of Ogden and California avenues and across the street from Mount Sinai Hospital, calling attention to the potential disruption that large music festivals can have on people seeking medical care there and at St. Anthony’s Hospital, which is just down the road.
