Second brush fire in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park snuffed out as mayor bans park grilling

NEW YORK — Firefighters extinguished a second brush fire in Prospect Park on Saturday, roughly a mile away from the site of Friday night’s larger blaze, New York City Fire Department officials said. Forty smoke eaters responded to a fire near the LeFrak Center at Lakeside ice skating rink at about 2:40 p.m. and quickly put out the flames by 3:22 p.m., according to an FDNY spokesperson. On ...