Parks cuts the ribbon on $12.5 M
renovation of Mapes Ballfi eld
BY BRONX TIMES
The Parks Department
held a ribbon cutting ceremony
May 22 for the $12.5
million renovation to Mapes
Ballfield.
In attendance at the event
were Parks Commissioner
Mitchell Silver, Deputy Borough
President Marricka
Scott-McFadden, Congressman
Ritchie Torres, Council
Member Oswald Feliz,
Community Board 6 District
Manager John Sanchez, The
Mary Mitchell Family and
Youth Center Board President
Ana Jacobo, family
members of the late Heidi
Hynes and Astin Jacobo and
community members.
As part of the Community
Parks Initiative, Mapes Ballfield
has been completely redesigned
and reconstructed.
The park now includes
a completely reconstructed
Jacobo Ballfield, a new playground,
new fitness equipment
and a new sitting area,
two new entrances to the
park and a new picnic and
lawn area.
A new garden, the Heidi
Hynes Meditation Garden,
will be created at the site of
a parcel which was donated
to Parks by the Mary Mitchell
Family and Youth Center
as part of this project.
“I am so proud of the
work we have accomplished
through the Community
Parks Initiative, and this
renovation at Mapes Ballfield
is the latest example of
our work to revitalize greenspaces
in traditionally underserved
communities,”
Silver said. “I would like to
thank Mayor Bill de Blasio
for his commitment to building
equity through this initiative.
This $12.5 million
renovation at Mapes Ballfield
will benefit the Crotona
community for decades
to come.” The ribbon cutting for the renovation of Mapes Ballfi eld Photos courtesy of NYC Parks
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