Overview

• Residents of the Neuer Hain neighbourhood lodged a petition with the Berlin Abgeordnetenhaus Petitionsausschuss calling for a comprehensive reorganization of the park’s grill meadow.
• The petition has gathered more than 6,800 signatures to back demands for a binding 10 p.m. night-time curfew and bans on music boxes and unregistered private events.
• Signatories warn that up to 1,500 people now gather on the 46 authorised plots, generating noise disturbances, air quality issues and waste accumulation in surrounding areas.
• Bezirksamt Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg says park rangers and Ordnungsamt officers enforce the one-year-old grill limit and have expanded ash containers and waste bins.
• The petitions committee will review the submission before recommending any amendments to existing grilling regulations.