Community celebrates completion of $1.5 million
Glen Oaks Oval Playground renovation project
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TIMESLEDGER | QNS.COM | OCT. 29 - NOV. 4, 2021 5
BY JENNA BAGCAL
NYC Parks and local elected officials
celebrated the unveiling of
the newly renovated Glen Oaks Oval
Playground, which was completed five
months ahead of schedule, on Friday,
Oct. 22.
The $1.5 million reconstruction includes
the state-of-the-art playground
with new play structures and colored
safety surfacing representing a pond,
where the park’s tortoise statues will
be located.
In addition, the community requested
a new adult fitness equipment
area to replace an underutilized basketball
court. The new area features
new equipment and painted agility
games for parkgoers to use for their fitness
routines.
NYC Parks Commissioner Gabrielle
Fialkoff joined Queens Borough
President Donovan Richards, Assemblyman
David Weprin, Councilman
Barry Grodenchik and Community
Board 13 District Manager Mark Mc-
Millan at the playground’s ribboncutting..
“We are thrilled to celebrate the
upgraded playground and brandnew
adult exercise station in Glen
Oaks Oval, which was returned to
the community five months ahead of
schedule!” Fialkoff said. “Thanks to
$1.5 million allocated by the borough
president’s office, today this park has
something for everyone — from young
children to active seniors — to enjoy.”
Back in 2017, Grodenchik, Richards
and then-Queens Borough President
Melinda Katz helped secure and allocate
funding for the capital project.
Construction began in October 2020
and was finished in April 2021.
The entire project took approximately
three and a half months from
the design phase to completion.
“Our parks are the anchors of our
neighborhoods, and the families of
Glen Oaks deserve nothing less than
a first-class playground to call their
own,” Richards said. “From new children’s
equipment to an adult fitness
area, there is something for residents
of all ages at the Glen Oaks Oval.
Thank you to all our partners for making
this space possible and completing
the project well ahead of schedule.”
According to the Parks website,
Glen Oaks Oval was previously named
Tenney Park in honor of Jerry Tenney,
a dedicated community leader who
was a major figure in the development
of the surrounding Glen Oaks Village
apartment complex.
Longtime residents said that they
had always referred to it as “Glen
Oaks Oval” or “the Oval,” so the playground’s
name was changed in 2009 at
the community’s request.
“The pandemic has shown us that
outdoor recreational space is absolutely
essential to the health and wellness
of New Yorkers,” Grodenchik said.
“I thank Queens Borough President
Donovan J. Richards for allocating the
funding for the project and both Parks
Commissioner Gabrielle Fialkoff and
Borough Commissioner Michael Dockett
for getting the work done ahead of
schedule.”
Officials celebrate at the unveiling of the newly renovated Glen Oaks Oval
Playground. Courtesy of NYC Parks/Daniel Avila
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