
New Adult Fitness Area At
Colucci Playground
NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP, joined State Assembly Member Michael
Benedetto and Bronx Community Board 10 Parks Chair Terence Franklin to offi
cially unveil the brand new adult fi tness equipment area at Colucci Playground in
the Bronx. “With the addition of the new adult fi tness equipment at Colucci Playground,
we remain steadfast in our commitment to make this city’s park spaces serve
the needs of everyday New Yorkers,” said NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver.
“Thanks to an investment from Mayor de Blasio and the city council, I’m thrilled to
unveil this new fi tness equipment, giving the neighborhood a wonderful new amenity
that will help promote healthy lifestyle choices for years to come.” “I am proud to
have followed and supported the latest addition to Colucci Park from construction to
completion. The new adult fi tness section of the park, outfi tted with plenty of resistance
exercise structures and game tables, will promote the health and well-being of
local Bronxites, and the city at large, well into the future,” commented City Council
Member Mark Gjonaj.
BRONX TIMES R 32 REPORTER, DEC. 25-31, 2020
Betances Houses
Holiday Toy
Distribution
The Betances Tenants Association Board, in partnership with Catholic Charities, RDC
Development, Wavecrest Management, and MDG Design + Construction, will host a toy
distribution at the Betances Houses Management Offi ces in the Bronx, giving away
over 300 toys to children living in public housing. The location will transform into
“Santa’s Workshop” with staff dressed up as Santa and elves. Temperature checks
will be conducted and social distancing guidelines will be enforced at all times.
Theodore Korony American Legion Post
253 and Auxiliary Christmas Miracles
for over 600 children in the Bronx