Civic gurus cut the ribbon on the newly-rennovated Lafayette Park. Photo by Caroline Ourso
BY ROSE ADAMS
City greenspace gurus welcomed
locals to a spiffy new
Gravesend park on Thursday,
capping off a three-year, $4.5
million effort to transform an
asphalt slab into sprawling
public parkland, said the area’s
local councilman.
“Before, it was a broken
pile of concrete,” said Mark
Treyger. “For many years,
students complained that it
wasn’t a playground.”
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Lafayette Playground on
Stillwell Avenue and Bay 43rd
Street now features over an
acre of synthetic grass, adult
fi tness equipment, and a stateof
the-art basketball court —
as well as a revamped playground
for kids that opened
last July.
Treyger — who pushed the
Mayor’s Community Parks
Initiative to fund the multimillion
dollar project — said
the new park’s design was the
result of a communal effort after
several meetings with Gravesend
locals.
“This park was the result
of a stunning cooperation,”
Treyger said. “It’s one of the
most beautiful parks I have
seen.”
The park’s opening is one
of several parks renovations
in the area, including projects
in Bath Beach , Bensonhurst ,
and several other in Coney Island
and Gravesend.
Lafayette Park on Stillwell now features over an acre of synthetic grass,
adult-fi tness equipment, and a state-of-the-art basketball court.
Photo by Caroline Ourso
$4.5 million playground
opens in Gravesend
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