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Caribbean L 12 ife, Aug. 2–8, 2019 BQ
Lafayette playground
re-opens ahead of schedule
By Nelson A. King
Brooklyn Council Member Mark
Treyger says the Lafayette Playground,
located on Benson Avenue between
Bay 43rd Street and Stillwell Avenue
in Gravesend, re-opened on July 25 –
four months ahead of the projected
completion date.
Treyer, who represents the 47th
Council District, said on Monday that
the opening follows “a full renovation
to transform the under-activated
asphalt space into a vibrant park, with
amenities that can be enjoyed by all.”
He said that, when the NYC
Department of Parks and Recreation
originally introduced its Community
Parks Initiative to revitalize a number
of parks across the five boroughs,
southern Brooklyn was initially left
out.
Treyger said he engaged in an
advocacy push to reverse decades
of neglect for outer borough green
and recreational spaces, and secured
funding for Lafayette Playground to be
included in the initiative.
He said Lafayette Playground, once
a simple triangular space topped with
asphalt, was completely redesigned
to include lush greenery and flexible
features that “reflect the community’s
priorities which were gathered during
a community input pre-design scoping
meeting.”
The council member said the
renovated Lafayette Playground
will have a brand new water bottle
filling station; an urban lab; a new
water fountain; an adult fitness area;
a basketball court for the Lafayette
Educational Campus high school
teams; a picnic grove, including new
tables, game tables, benches and sitting
areas; a shade structure; walking paths;
and new plants and trees.
In the coming weeks, Treyger said
he will host an official ribbon cutting
ceremony to invite residents in the
community out for a day in the park,
and hopes to host future community
events in the park for years to come.
“I’m elated to see this project
finished so that the children, seniors
and families in our community can
enjoy the new and enhanced Lafayette
Playground and green space,” Treyger
said. “I have made it a priority to
ensure our parks in Southern Brooklyn
are receiving the care and investment
that’s been missing for many years
and that they become beautiful, wellmaintained
outdoor spaces for local
residents to appreciate.
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