We apologize for the delay. Our electrician has evaluated the area and found that the lights closet to Ferry Street Bridge belong to the Brewery Square complex. The lights at the north end of the park will be repaired as soon as possible. Thank you.

It would be great to know where the dividing line is on these lights. There are additional lights out since my post, so any progress would be great. Does Parks communicate with the landlord about the lights on the other side?

Is someone from the city going to follow up to ensure this issue is fixed? Even if the lights closest to the ferry street bridge are the responsibility of the Brewery Square, what is being done to make sure these are operational since they are on public land. This is a public safety issue!

If those lights belong to the Brewery Square complex, (contact info for that entity appreciated) then it stands to reason that the Brewery Square complex can do what it wants with those lights. So my suggestion is that the Brewery Square complex fence in that entire area of the park and use it for its own exclusive access therefore precluding public access to that space. That area is either a public space or a private space. I don't see how a condo or apartment complex can be responsible for lamps placed squarely in the middle of a park.

The Quinnipiac River Park extends to the Ferry Bridge. The public has access to the park and the lights are the responsibility of the city of New Haven which owns the park and not the condo complex. If the public is to use the park extending to the Ferry Bridge, then the city has a responsibility to repair and make the lights operational for the public. By extending the lights, prostitution, drug use, homeless people , will be reduced and eliminated. This side of the park has been long neglected by the city. The notion that a condo should be responsible for lighting a public park is ridiculous. Fair Haven has so much potential and with the repair of the sea wall, many more families would feel more comfortable to enjoy the extension with the lights repaired and operating.

I hope it doesn't take a tragedy in the park to elicit action on this.

"Our electrician has evaluated the area and found that the lights closet to Ferry Street Bridge belong to the Brewery Square complex." So how would you suggest these lights in a city park be repaired?

This is a serious issue, of health and safety. The response from the "verified official" is completely inadequate. How can an electrician verify boundary lines? He is an electrician, not a surveyor! And even if these lights do belong to Brewery Square, the official should have written that he would be contacting Brewery Square immediately to correct the problem. As his response reads, it sounds as if he is saying, " tough luck, Fair Haven, this is not the city's problem." And as for the lights that the "verified city official" does accept the city's responsibility for, his response is that "they will be fixed as soon as possible." Where is the accountability in that statement? When will that be? As soon as possible for whom? For the person who is raped and mugged there? This response is outrageous! Can you imagine several street lights being out in East Rock and a city official writing that they are private lights and not the city's problem? Of course not! He would write that he would contact the person responsible and see to it that the problem was fixed! I am beginning to believe that SeeClickFix is a complete joke that is just intended to make concerned citizens think the city is responding to us. I'm beginning to believe that, in fact, SeeClickFix is just a sop the city throws us to keep us occupied while the city goes on taking care of wealthy neighborhoods and ignoring Fair Haven. I live in Fair Haven and wrote at least ten times on SeeClickFix that my street was not swept as each month went by this past April to November. I would get an "acknowledgement" each time, but did my street get swept? Twice in the seven months that it was supposed to be swept monthly. SeeClickFix is a joke and, I am sorry to say, a complete waste of time. Call the mayor's office, friends!

I would like to point out these comments started over a year ago and nothing has happened. So much for the lights being fixed "as soon as possible."

Thanks AGallant. My sentiments exactly. I live at 2 Brewery Square and know that the lights are in fact wired into our condo complex. The history for that predates my time here which has been 16 years. The lights have been in disrepair at least that long. They have been in the city's domain since the original renovators of both Brewery Square complexes abandoned plans to build build further units back in the 1980s. The city either rewire those lights into the currently working circuit or retrofit them with solar powered lamps. That area has always attracted mischief and I would hate to see a tragedy be the catalyst for action on this issue.

Has the Parks Department taken ownership of this yet? I, and others, are happy to meet on this if need be.

I second that!

Issue 2913961 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue.

We are closing this request due to its historic nature. If this concern still requires attention and you still believe SeeClickFix is a viable tool for its resolution the best way for it to be addressed is for you to create a new request including a current description of what is occurring and what solution you hope to see regarding this matter, citing/linking this request in the details. Thank you for your dedication to improving the quality of life in our community.