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COURIER L 18 IFE, NOV. 22-28, 2019
Mellett Playground will be closed to the public for a year to accomodate repairs to the fl oodprone
park’s drainage system. Photo by Jessica Parks
A TOTAL ECLIPSE
OF THE PARK
Sheepshead Bay playground
plagued by years of fl ooding
BY JESSICA PARKS
A Sheepshead Bay park that has
been plagued by constant fl ooding
since 2017 will be closed for at least
another year as the city works to remedy
the drainage problems that have
inundated the greenspace.
“The water is disgusting,” said
Peter Forte, who lived Mellett Playground
on Avenue V and E. 14th
Street. “And it’s sad because it’s the
neighborhood park. We have been
asking for it for years, and it needs to
get fi xed.”
The Parks Department will spend
between $1 million and $3 million
to prevent fl ooding in Mellett Playground
with an upcoming renovation
— which is expected to begin shortly
after the project’s procurement phase
ends in March, according to a Parks
Department spokesperson.
Typical timelines for Parks Department
construction projects suggest
that the area’s youth will be
locked out of the play area until at
least Spring of 2021.
Greenspace gurus claim that they
have made numerous attempts to
drain the swamp over the past several
years, but underlying structural
issues have thwarted their attempts
and made heavy construction necessary
— forcing them to shutter the
majority of the communal space.
Councilman Chaim Deutsch —
who allocated funds for the park’s
coming renovation — slammed the
Parks Department for not fi nding a
temporary band-aid to make the park
immediately usable, and requested
the agency expedite the project.
“My funding allocation will pay
for a permanent fi x of the drainage
system, but we need an effective,
temporary solution — now,” said the
councilman.
Over the last several years, locals
have raised fears of children getting
sick from splashing water — or possibly
drinking the muddied liquid —
and Deutsch said the neighborhood
hangout is currently neither “safe or
clean.”
“The Parks Department did — at
my request — install a fence to block
off the ponding, but that is simply not
good enough,” said Deutsch. “I call
upon the Parks Department to expedite
the process of construction in the
playground, in order to swiftly rectify
this dangerous condition.”
Neighbors are also furious about
the faulty water fountains in-andaround
the park that are still out of order
despite Parks Department claiming
they were working quickly to
unclog the fountains’ drains in 2017.
“Those aren’t fi xed either,” Forte
said. “The fountain water sits stagnant,
and no one can use them.”
The revitalization project’s exact
completion date couldn’t be determined
until the procurement phase
has concluded, according to the Parks
Department spokesman, who said the
effort would provide several other
benefi ts to the park on top of improved
drainage — including a modernized
jungle gym, patio furniture, working
sprinklers, new lights, and improved
landscaping.
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