BY BILL PARRY
Cheers erupted from
school kids from P.S. 149 as
city officials and community
leaders cut the ribbon on a
$1.75 million reconstruction
project at Northern Playground
in Jackson Heights
on Tuesday, Nov. 30.
NYC Parks installed a
new synthetic turf field and
a new underdrain system.
The work included chainlink
fencing, new drinking
fountains, benches and a
new rubberized surface basketball
court area with new
backboards.
Councilman Daniel
Dromm, who is in the final
month of his three terms at
the City Council, allocated
the funding for the project.
“The turf is always
greener in Jackson Heights,”
Dromm said. “During my 12
years in office, I made sure
that every park in my district
was renovated. I want
to thank the P.S. 149 PTA
for working with us to get
this project completed five
months ahead of schedule.
Northern Playground is now
a space that children and
community members can
fully enjoy.”
Northern Playground first
opened in 1960 and is named
after adjoining Northern
Boulevard. It serves the P.S.
149 Christa McAuliffe School
and the local community.
“At the end of the day,
there is nothing more important
than the health and wellbeing
of our kids,” Queens
Borough President Donovan
Richards said. “Giving
them a safe, engaging place
to play and build those vital
social bonds with one another
is an investment that
will never go to waste. That’s
why this at Northern Playground
is so important, and I
look forward to even more of
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Students from P.S. 149 in Jackson Heights join in at the ribbon-cutting ceremony at Northern
Playground. Photo courtesy of NYC Parks/Malcolm Pickney
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future.”
The 1.72-acre space features
handball courts, a
spray shower and a comfort
station.
“In Jackson Heights, one
of the communities that was
hardest hit by COVID, and
an area where parkland is
scarce, projects like this
one at Northern Playground
are especially critical,” NYC
Parks Commissioner Gabrielle
Fialkoff said. “We are
proud to celebrate this beautiful
new synthetic turf field,
built for a variety of sports
and games for the kids of P.S.
149 and the entire community.
I want to thank Council
member Dromm for recognizing
the importance of this
space and fully funding this
project.”
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by e-mail at bparry@
schnepsmedia.com or by
phone at (718) 260–4538.
New turf fi eld installed
at Northern Playground
in Jackson Heights
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