“When is a playground not a playground?” an exasperated blogger recently philosophized. Answer: when college coeds dare to suntan in it. Stuyvesant Town tenants are outraged that female NYU students with breasts are “occupying” the yard that they pay exorbitant amounts of rent to access. Who will win the baby vs. bikini wars of Summer 2013?
“A lot of side boob on the playground this weekend,” an intrepid reporter commented on a Stuyvesant Town Report post attacking the infestation of Playground 10 — an artificial lawn ostensibly for use by any and all of the development’s residents — by “self-entitled yahoos.” The “two dozen scantily clad young women” (thanks, New York Post) who tanned outside last Friday afternoon have angered neighbors who didn’t stop at posting creepy comments online; last weekend, security guards actually kicked tanners off the lawn after receiving complaints.
“This used to be a very strait-laced community,” said Susan Steinberg, head of the tenants association, who believes all “two-pieces” should be banned. “The sunbathing is tasteless, it’s not very classy, and it doesn’t belong in a mixed residential development.”