This American Legion’s patriotic bench is here ཧto stay.
The city’s Department of Transportation admitted Tuesday that it erred when it ordered Park Slope’s A🍎merican Legion Sixth Memorial Post No. 1833 to remove a curbside bench with the US flag painted on it.
DOT spokeswoman Alana Morales said that the agency “received an ano🐟nymous 311 complaint regarding an illegal bench” built around the base of a tree outside of the 5th Avenue establishment for the veteran’s group.
That complaint prompt💟ed the agency to issue a violation notice last week to the American Legion post, saying that the “unauthorized bench” is “encroaching on the city sidewalk” and ordered its removal.
“However, we are rescinding the Notice of Violation, which was issued in error given the bench was entirely in the tree pit, and was not encroaching on the sidewalk,” Morales sai🗹d.
The red, white𒆙 and blue bench was put up about two months ago by J♍oe – the commander of the Sons of the American Legion at the Park Slope post.
“Nothing is obstructed,” Joe, who did not want to give his last name, told The Post earli🦋er.
“I wanted tᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚo put something out front like a conversation piece to give the American Legion some exposure,” Joe had✃ said.