COURIER L 22 IFE, SEPT. 27-OCT. 3, 2019
Bensonhurst
Park renovation
on the way
REVAMPED: Bensonhurst Park (above) will get a new playground,
paths, benches, spray showers, and lighting fi xtures
as part of a $6.5-million renovation (below).
Daniel Avila, Parks Department
BY ROSE ADAMS
Bensonhurst Park will
get a brand new playground,
pathways,
and benches as part
of a $6.5-million renovation
of the public
space, which, according
to Councilman Justin
Brannan (D–Bensonhurst),
has lain in
disrepair for years.
“It’s a park that really
needs some love,”
Brannan said about
Bensonhurst Park, located
on Cropsey Avenue
between 21st Avenue
and Bay Parkway.
The construction will
rebuild and expand the
park’s 20-year-old playground,
as well as install
spray showers, light fi xtures,
walkways, and a
drainage system along
the public plaza’s northern
half, Parks offi cials
confi rmed.
The renovation, which
began last week and
will wrap up by fall of
2020, is the first significant
capital investment
that the 17.5-
acre park has received
since the 1980s, a Parks
Department spokeswoman
said. Councilman
Brannan allocated
over $5 million
to the project, the Mayor’s
Office pitched in
$1 million, and Councilman
Mark Treyger
(D–Coney Island) contributed
$300,000.
Brannan said that upgrade
won’t be the
park’s last, and hopes
to provide funding for
new bathrooms and revamped
sports fields
across the plaza.
“By the time I’m done,
I want to completely
overhaul this entire
park so it can be the
world-class recreational
area people deserve,”
Brannan wrote
in a Facebook post.
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