Councilman David G. Greenfield will hold an official re-opening ceremony for the newly-renovated 18th Avenue Park in Brooklyn on Tuesday, commemorating the completion of $7.25 million in major improvements to the park.
Greenfield broke ground on construction at the park in May 2015, commencing the first major improvements to this portion of the 18th Avenue Park in over 30 years. On Tuesday, after 15 months of work, the gates will finally open for the public to enjoy the new amenities, which include:
· 3 new playgrounds
· 2 new swingset areas
· 2 new basketball courts
· 2 new baseball fields
· 4 new handball courts
· 50 new benches
· 7 new water fountains
· New and improved walkways and safety surfaces
· Hundreds of new trees and plants
In addition to these improvements, a new comfort station is nearly complete and is expected to open to the public later this week.
Greenfield one of is the City Council’s strongest supporter of neighborhood parks. He is committed to renovating every single park in his district, and he has fought for and won over $35 million to get it done. Renovating the 18th Avenue Park, however, was a particularly personal project for Councilman Greenfield.
“I used to play in this park when I was growing up — and even then, it was in need of improvements. I’m thrilled that we’ve finally gotten this done so the families in this area will have a clean, beautiful, inviting place to play and rest.”
Tuesday’s park re-opening will be open to the public. Councilman Greenfield will make brief remarks and officially open the park in a ceremony to begin at 11:00 a.m. State Sen. Simcha Felder, Community Board 12 Chairman Yidel Perlstein, and CB12 District Manager Barry Spitzer will also be in attendance. Interview requests should be directed to Stephen Snowder at [email protected] or (718) 853-2704.
{Matzav.com}
*applauding* so now with two Basketball courts next to the kids playground – we will have more Chillul Shabbos and hangouts so the kids won’t be able to go there as well! Great work!
I am not trying to be pessimistic about it, but those were the facts, no one who is concerned about their chinuch , let their kids enter that part of the park!
Back in my days in the 60s and early 70s it was known as “The Italian Park”
You went near it on Shabbos at your own risk. The Meir Kahana/JDL crowd were the only ones from the neighborhood to hang out there on Shabbos. (Kahana himself lived in Kensington back then. Same block as Rav Gedaliah Schorr ztl IIRC)