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This photo was taken by Colleen Peabody-Diez on April 14, a Friday, 2017 around 2:30pm at Sunset Park. This is a common sight on many a weekday.The popular playground in Sunset Park has been under renovation for the past year and was originally expected to reopen this month,
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Fort Greene Park (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Fort Greene Park is one of eight city parks selected for redesign and improvements as part of the $50 million Parks Without Borders Program [https://www.nycgovparks.org/planning-and-building/planning/parks-without-borders] . A part of OneNYC [http://www1.nyc.gov/html/onenyc/index.
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Students from Bensonhurst’s Success Academy joined Councilman Greenfield for the ribbon cutting. (Photo by Hannah Frishberg / Bensonhurst Bean)Seth Low Park is officially back open. After months of renovations Bensonhurst’s popular green space and recreation center, closed since the spring [/whats-seth-low-playground-construction/], reopened this morning to much fanfare despite
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Photo by Rachel Silberstein/Bensonhurst BeanAfter years of tireless advocacy from neighbors, elected officials [/pols-slam-parks-department-mayors-office-for-neglect-of-bensonhurst-park/#.V64rWJMrKSM] , and this news site [/bensonhurst-park-god-awful-state-disrepair-photos/#.V64xf5MrKSM], the long neglected Bensonhurst Park [https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/bensonhurst-park] on Cropsey Avenue and Bay Parkway is about to get the ambitious overhaul it deserves. Over the
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Photo by Mario J. Caggiano/ FacebookA pair of politically conscious teens tore down a “Make America Great Again” sign from a fence in Dyker Beach Park [https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/dyker-beach-park] on July 11, saying the paraphernalia associated with presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump was antagonistic to Hispanic
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Calvert Vaux Park (Photo by Rachel Silberstein/Bensonhurst Bean)Charles Ragusa, 47th District Leader, [/charles-ragusa-male-district-leader-47th-ad/#.V3_FM5MrKSM] has proposed a plan take advantage of Calvert Vaux Park’s rich ecosystem [/7-reasons-to-fall-in-love-with-calvert-vaux-park/#.V3_EVpMrKSM], which would create both jobs and educational opportunities in Brooklyn. Ragusa noted that the shorefront park — as
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Calvert Vaux ParkIn time for summer, elected officials from southern Brooklyn are once again calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration to make good on the city’s commitment [/de-blasio-criticized-for-abandoning-bloomberg-plan-for-calvert-vaux-park/#.V2K5D-YrI9c] to pour $40 million into Gravesend’s Calvert Vaux Park. Councilman Mark Treyger, Borough President Eric Adams, Senator
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The northern perimeter of Fort Greene Park (Courtesy Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership)Fort Greene Park has won $5 million earmarked for capital improvements thanks to overwhelming public support received during the New York City Parks Department Parks Without Borders [https://www.nycgovparks.org/planning-and-building/planning/parks-without-borders] initiative. The announcement was
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Photo by Rachel Silberstein/Bensonhurst BeanBy now, you may have noticed that a large portion of Seth Low Playground [https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/seth-low-playground-bealin-square] has been gated off by and bulldozers parked are there round the clock. What we are seeing is the second phase of a multi million
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(Courtesy City Parks Foundation.)Fun youth summer programs are coming to a park near you! The City Parks Foundation [http://www.cityparksfoundation.org/] is offering free tennis, golf, soccer, track & field and fitness instruction at nearly 60 locations across the city. The programs begin in early July and run
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Photo via City Parks FoundationFun youth summer programs are coming to a park near you! The City Parks Foundation [http://www.cityparksfoundation.org/] is offering free tennis, golf, soccer, track & field and fitness instruction at nearly 60 locations across the city. The programs begin in early July and run
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Photo via City Parks FoundationFun youth summer programs are coming to a park near you! The City Parks Foundation [http://www.cityparksfoundation.org/] is offering free tennis, golf, soccer, track & field and fitness instruction at nearly 60 locations across the city. The programs begin in early July and run