community parks initiative

Sep
12
NYC Parks Breaks Ground On $5M Stroud Playground Project

NYC Parks Breaks Ground On $5M Stroud Playground Project

CROWN HEIGHTS – Last Friday, September 8, NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver and City Council Member Laurie Cumbo hosted a
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Sep
22
Renderings Released Showing Bensonhurst’s Petrosino Park After Its $4.5 Million Facelift

Renderings Released Showing Bensonhurst’s Petrosino Park After Its $4.5 Million Facelift

A rendering of the renovated Lt. Joseph Petrosino Park by DLANDstudio. Rendering via Brooklyn Reporter [http://brooklynreporter.com/story/design-plans-for-renovation-of-bensonhursts-lt-joseph-petrosino-park-released/
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Aug
23
Community On Edge After Two Weekend Tragedies

Community On Edge After Two Weekend Tragedies

Photo courtesy of Councilman Mark TreygerResidents say they are shaken up by two tragic incidents that occurred near neighborhood parks
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Apr
19
Tonight: Help The Parks Department Transform Petrosino Park

Tonight: Help The Parks Department Transform Petrosino Park

Courtesy of NYC Parks [http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/lt-joseph-petrosino-park]Community members are invited to a public input meeting today,
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Feb
24
Renderings: Calvert Vaux Park To Get Gorgeous New Restrooms

Renderings: Calvert Vaux Park To Get Gorgeous New Restrooms

Calvert Vaux Park [http://www.nycgovparks.org/planning-and-building/capital-project-tracker/project/1038] — Gravesend’s lovely, overgrown, long-neglected [/7-reasons-to-fall-in-love-with-calvert-vaux-park/] green space — will
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Dec
04
Gravesend’s Scarangella Park To Get $3.5 Million Makeover, Comfort Stations

Gravesend’s Scarangella Park To Get $3.5 Million Makeover, Comfort Stations

Photo courtesy of Counciman Mark Treyger/FacebookA combined $3.4 million dollars in funding has been secured to renovate and
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Oct
07

Pols Applaud Inclusion Of Local Playgrounds In Mayor’s Community Parks Initiative

Councilman Mark Treyger announces improvements coming to Lafayette Playground. (Courtesy of Treyger’s Office)The city has doubled the budget
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Apr
21

Pols Slam Parks Department, Mayor’s Office For Neglect Of Bensonhurst Park

Responding to our reporting [/bensonhurst-park-god-awful-state-disrepair-photos/] on the dismal conditions of Bensonhurst Park [http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/bensonhurst-park], elected officials
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