Winter Fun & Death in Prospect Park

Californian Amy Langfield, now a citizen of Brooklyn, wonders if she and her family violated some sort of New York snow etiquette by enjoying some sledding in Prospect Park yesterday.

We had full reign of all the best hills - but were we supposed to let it get more packed with snow before sledding down? Or are we just that much tougher than the pansies in our neighborhood?

And in the same park yesterday the Daily News reports:

A thrill-seeker who ignored warning signs and ventured onto the thin ice covering Brooklyn's Prospect Park Lake yesterday screamed for help seconds before apparently drowning in the frigid water, police said.