Van Bramer announces $1.3M renovation to LIC park
BY BILL PARRY
A tiny park in Long Island
City will get a $1.3 million
makeover, City Councilman
Jimmy Van Bramer
announced Monday.
Sixteen Oaks Grove Park,
a triangular space dominated
by 16 oak trees between
21st Street and 14th Street,
will undergo numerous renovations.
“This is a beautiful space
that is essentially empty,”
Van Bramer said. “We can
add appropriate benches
and greenery to beautify
this space for those who
live around this park. Since
the approval of the budget
in June, we have made a devoted
effort in improving
our public spaces throughout
Queens. The renovations
provides our residents with
a place they can be proud to
visit and enjoy with families
and friends alike.”
Sixteen Oaks Grove Park
is popular with residents of
the Ravenswood Houses just
a block away.
“I’m so glad to hear that
Sixteen Oaks Park will get
City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer discusses changes coming to Sixteen Oaks Grove Park in Long
Island City as part of its $1.3 million renovation. Courtesy of Van Bramer’s offi ce
the funding to fix up this little
park in the middle of our
community,” Ravenswood
Residents Association President
Carol Wlkins said. “The
sixteen oak trees create such
a lovely shade in the summertime
and a place for parents
waiting for their children
to return home from school,
the community to rest when
coming home from shopping
or waiting for the bus or even
coming from the library to
sit and read a book.”
Wilkins added that she is
“looking forward to the surrounding
neighborhood’s
help in creating a welcoming
space for us all.”
The park is directly across
from Community School
111Q.
“The groundbreaking
overall of the piece of land
into a playground speaks
volumes of the continued
and extraordinary efforts
by Jimmy Van Bramer and
his team to ensure that the
children in our community
have a safe and beautiful
place to play and pass the
time,” Community School
111Q Principal Dionne Jaggon
said. “It is particularly
special for me because the
scholars closest to my heart
will see the transformation
daily as they come to school.
Now the scholars have a
renovated area to laugh and
dream, build lasting friendships
and the adults will continue
to applaud the power
of positive play and building
lasting friendships. The sky
is only the direction!”
Reach reporter Bill Parry
by e-mail at bparry@schnepsmedia.
com or by phone at
(718) 260–4538.
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