$130 million secured to invest in 35 under-resourced parks throughout NYC. On October 7, 2014, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Department of Parks & Recreation Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver announced a $130 million investment in 35 community parks throughout the five boroughs. This is the first phase of a multi-faceted program to support investment in the most under-resourced parks and communities, known as the Community Parks Initiative. The Mayor’s capital budget raised $110 million … <Read More>
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Parks Celebrates Vinland Playground Transformation in Bay Ridge
On December 4, 2024, New York City Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue in collaboration with other critical stakeholders celebrated the renovation of Vinland Playground located deep within Shore Road Park in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bay Ridge. This project cost the City $3.4 million and transformed Vinland Playground with new playground equipment and improved landscaping.
City Celebrates Renovations of Breukelen Basketball Courts in Brooklyn
On October 30, 2024, New York City Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue, in collaboration with other critical stakeholders, celebrated the renovation of the basketball courts at Breukelen Ballfield in East New York, Brooklyn This $1.8 million project was funded by the Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation’s Social Justice Fund. The fund provides neighborhoods facing acute levels of gun violence resources and recreation opportunities.
Could Public Space Stewards Help Make New York City More Livable?
By Mark Chiusano
For obvious reasons I was recently revisiting a small controversy over the usage of public space in a certain midtown Manhattan building: Trump Tower.
In 2016, Donald Trump and New York City went back and forth over whether the building had to keep some public benches in the lobby. During construction decades earlier, the tower had been allowed to rise higher in exchange for a little bit of public space (some of … <Read More>
City Celebrates Completion of First Part of East Side Coastal Resiliency Project
On October 17, 2024, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced the completion of the first section of the East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) project. The East Side Coastal Resiliency project is a $1.45 billion project that will create a 2.4-mile-long flood barrier on the Lower East Side from Montgomery Street to Asser Levy Playground between East 23rd Street and East 25th Street. The $1.45 billion project is being built in two sections. The northern … <Read More>
Parks Dept. Celebrates Reopening of Kelly Park Playground in Brooklyn
On October 22, 2024, New York City Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue, New York State Senator Simcha Felder, and members of the community celebrated the unveiling of the newly reconstructed Kelly Park Playground. Kelly Park Playground, located at Ave. S, Moore Pl. between East 16th Street and East 17th Street in Brooklyn, is named after Brooklynite William E. Kelly. Born. Kelly, born in Brooklyn in 1872, served as county postmaster and Clerk of Kings County before … <Read More>