Central Brooklyn
DITMAS PARK – Neighborhood parents are not happy with how long it is taking NYC Parks Department to fix the play equipment at the Cortelyou road Tot Lot. The small playground aimed at toddlers is located across the PS139 in Ditmas Park, and serves a large and diverse community, which — like
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Attendees pose with a sign for Christopher Wallace Way (Paul Stremple for BKLYNER)The late Brooklyn rapper “The Notorious B.I.G.” was memorialized at a naming ceremony for the basketball courts at the Crispus Attucks Playground in Clinton Hill, which are now known as the “Christopher ‘Biggie’ Wallace Courts.
Central Brooklyn
L to R: Marty Maher, David Greenfield, Shawn Campbell and Alvin Berk from CB 14. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)City Council Member David Greenfield, parks officials, civic leaders, and Kensington residents rolled out the red carpet today to celebrate the Di Gilio Playground groundbreaking, a $2.8 million gut
Announcements
Brooklyn Construction Director; CB 12 District Manager Barry Spitzer; Bklyn Parks Commissioner Kevin Jeffrey; Councilman Brad Lander; and designers at groundbreaking for Phase 1, 2016. (Photo via NYC Parks, by Daniel Avila) Tomorrow, the makeover begins on Dome Playground’s basketball and handball courts, Parks Department announced, a much-used park
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Bensonhurst
Photo via John QuaglioneIn perhaps the most adorable partnership of 2016, the New York City Parks Department teamed up with an observant five-year-old to fix a neighborhood hopscotch board. Natalie, daughter of lifelong Bay Ridge resident and State Senator Marty Golden’s Communications Director John Quaglione, noticed that the hopscotch
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Photo via Council Member Chaim Deutsch.Today, City Council member Chaim Deutsch partnered with the Parks Department Marina Operations, the Department of Sanitation, and the Department of Environmental Protection to remove an overturned boat that has been an eyesore in Sheepshead Bay since Superstorm Sandy. This is part of a
Events
Councilman Chaim Deutsch leads community forum at Homecrest Playground. (Photo: James Sienkievic / Sheepshead Bites)Councilman Chaim Deutsch [http://council.nyc.gov/d48/html/members/home.shtml] held a community forum last night at Homecrest Playground [https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/homecrest-playground]. He was accompanied by Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Kevin Jeffrey,
Announcements
is holding a community meeting at Homecrest Playground [https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/homecrest-playground] on August 9th at 7:30pm to discuss the issues affecting local parks. Deutsch will be joined by Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Kevin Jeffrey, NYPD Brooklyn South Chief Steven Powers, NYPD 61st Precinct Captain Winston Faison, as
Bensonhurst
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
Arts & Culture
A rendering of the completed sculpture. (Courtesy Fort Greene Park [http://www.fortgreenepark.org/events/2016/6/2/art-installation-oss02-opening].) A Brooklyn-shaped garden bed, replete with flora from around the world, is about to take up residence in Fort Greene Park. [/?s=fort+greene+park] Artist Juanli Carrion’s “Outer Seed
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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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Commodore Barry Park would see significant changes. (Courtesy Downtown Brooklyn Partnership [http://assets.downtownbrooklyn.com/documents/Brooklyn-Strand-Community-Vision-Plan.pdf] .)Following a two year community input process [/blog/2015/10/20/brooklyn-strand-community-workshops-come-to-fort-greene-this-week/] , Downtown Brooklyn Partnership has released its full plan for the Brooklyn Strand waterfront revitalization project [http://assets.downtownbrooklyn.com/documents/
Bensonhurst
(Photo: NYC Parks [http://www.nycgovparks.org/about/history/accessibility])The parks department will be adding additional beach mats in Coney Island this summer in order to provide greater accessibility for seniors and the disabled, City Councilman Mark Treyger announced. “One of our community’s greatest natural features is our
City Kid Corner
Ennis Playground [http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/ennis-playground] has a much-needed renovation on the horizon, and Councilman Brad Lander [http://bradlander.nyc/] is reaching out to the community for design suggestions. Located on 11th Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, the quiet Gowanus playground has garnered a faithful following [https: