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# Construction Kicks Off For Emmons Avenue Beautification Project
- URL: https://bklyner.com/construction-kicks-off-for-emmons-avenue-beautification-project-sheepshead-bay/
- Published: 2013-05-21T19:17:00.000Z
- Updated: 2013-05-21T19:17:00.000Z
- Author: Ned Berke
- Tags: bay improvement group, beautification projects, kevin jeffrey, marina, martin maher, mike geller, #API-Imported

![](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/emmons-beautification.jpg "emmons-beautification")

The Parks Department planted approximately two dozen new trees along Emmons Avenue west of Ocean Avenue this week, as the city moves to complete the[ final phase of a decade-long rehabilitation](/cymbrowitz-announces-final-phase-of-460k-emmons-ave-beautification-project/) of the waterfront.

The $460,000 project, funded by Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz, will continue throughout the spring. On the checklist for beautification are:

- repaired sidewalks
- covered trash bins
- new trees, with granite block pavement in enlarged tree pits
- new curb cuts
- fresh paint on the Bay’s railing
- blue concrete and matching artistic design elements previously installed near the piers, from Ocean Avenue to East 27th Street
- 1964 World’s Fair-style benches

When construction is finished, the Emmons Avenue street-scape will have seen a complete overhaul over the last decade. Repairs began in 2003, when the city installed new antique-style lights along Emmons Avenue and Shore Boulevard. In 2006, the city completed a similar renovation to the current one, from Ocean Avenue to East 27th Street, adding new benches, sidewalk designs, tree pits and more.

Cymbrowitz, in a press release, said that the improvements will help the community continue to recover from Superstorm Sandy.

“Beautifying Emmons Avenue is part of the larger mechanism of long-term recovery,” Cymbrowitz said. “Trees represent new life. They’re meant to last, and so is Sheepshead Bay.”