Constantinides announces a
reconstruction of Hallets Cove
Playground at the Astoria Houses
EXTREME MAKEOVER:
PLAYGROUND EDITION
BY BILL PARRY
Hallets Cove Playground, at the
southeast corner of the Asto-ria
Houses, is getting a $2.2
million extreme makeover.
City Parks Commissioner Mitchell
Silver joined elected officials and com-munity
leaders at a groundbreaking
ceremony on Sept. 5 at the playground
along Vernon Boulevard near the NYC
Ferry Astoria landing.
“Hallets Cove Playground is being
completely reimagined with enhanced
access to outdoor play,” NYC Silver said.
“With new play equipment, seating and
entryways, the project is a remarkable
investment in this waterfront neighbor-hood
resource.”
The Hallets Cove Playground project
will completely redesign the playground
with safety surfacing, water spray fea-tures,
site furnishings, planting beds,
fencing and pavement. A new ADA ramp
will welcome visitors from the sidewalk
level into the playground.
“This reconstruction will bring new
play equipment, improved entry and
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seating areas and many other desirable
amenities to Hallets Cove Playground
that will make it an even more enjoy-able
place to visit,” Queens Borough
President Melinda Katz said. “The rei-magined
Hallets Cove Playground, with
its breathtaking waterfront views, will be
a valuable public space for decades to
come and help make Hallets Cove a
great place to live and raise a family.”
Katz allocated $1.3 million for the
project, Mayor Bill de Blasio added
$673,000 and the City Council allo-cated
an additional $210,000 in funding.
City Councilman Costa
is underway.
“I am so excited to see work begin
on a new Hallets Cove Playground,” City
Councilman Costa Constantinides said.
“Renovations will reflect the needs of a
community long overdue for new, con-structive
park space. Together, the Astoria
community has secured $26 million since
we took office in 2014 to improve life for
those who live on Hallets Cove Peninsula.”
A separate project to reconstruct and
repair segments of the concrete seawall
is also in procurement. The playground
project is expected to be completed in
winter 2020.
Community News
Courtesy of NYC Parks/Malcolm Pinckney
Multimillion-dollar makeover officially underway
at Hallets Cove
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