PLEASE LIST through 10/30/17: NYC PARKS INVITES NEW YORKERS TO HELP PLAN THE FUTURE OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS

Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP Commissioner, NYC Parks www.nyc.gov/parks

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PLEASE  LIST through October 30, 2017 IMMEDIATE

 

 

NYC PARKS INVITES NEW YORKERS TO HELP PLAN THE FUTURE OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS

 

DETAILS:                   NYC Parks invites community members to participate in vision and planning meetings across the five boroughs to discuss the future of the recently announced* Community Parks Initiative (CPI) parks in their neighborhoods. These events, open to the public, will provide an opportunity for New Yorkers to voice their opinions, thoughts and ideas on design enhancements to their local parks and playgrounds.

 

DATE / LOCATION:

BRONX

Mapes Ballfield

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

6 – 8 p.m.

Mary Mitchell Family and Youth Center

2007 Mapes Ave.

 

Prospect Playground

Thursday, October 19^th, 2017

6 – 8 p.m.

P.S. 211

1919 Prospect Ave.

 

BROOKLYN

Lewis Playground

Monday, October 23, 2017

6 – 8 p.m.

Bedford Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School

82 Lewis Ave.

 

Bartlett Playground

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

6 – 8 p.m.

41 Whipple St.

 

Penn Triangle

TBA*

 

MANHATTAN

Joseph C. Sauer Park

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Campos Plaza Community Center

611 East 13th St. (Btwn. Avenues B and C)

 

Bill Bojangles Playground

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

David & Joyce Dinkins Gardens

263 W. 153^rd St. (Btwn. Macombs Place & Frederick Douglas Blvd.)

 

Harlem Lane Playground

Thursday, October 26, 2017

6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

David & Joyce Dinkins Gardens

263 W. 153^rd St. (Btwn. Macombs Place & Frederick Douglass Blvd.)

 

Playground One

Monday, October 30, 2017

6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Mariners' Temple Baptist Church

3 Henry St., (Btwn. Oliver and Catherine streets)

 

QUEENS

Chappetto Square

Monday, October 30, 2017

6:30 – 8:15 p.m.

P.S. 85, Judge Charles J. Vallone School

23-70 31^st St.

 

STATEN ISLAND

Mariners Harbor Playground

Monday, October 23, 2017

7 – 9 p.m.

Faber Field House

Richmond Terrace (Btwn. Sharpe Ave. & Faber St.)

 

For New Yorkers unable to attend their park’s community input meeting, they can share their insights and suggestions via Parks’ website.

 

Launched by Mayor de Blasio in October 2014, CPI is a multi-faceted, $318 million investment in neighborhood/local parks that are located in New York City’s densely populated and growing neighborhoods with higher-than-average concentrations of poverty. CPI is NYC Parks' first major equity initiative and part of the Mayor’s OneNYC: The Plan for a Strong and Just City.

 

*One of the 11 meetings has yet to be scheduled; Parks will update once it is.

 

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Contact:

Crystal Howard

pressoffice@parks.nyc.gov

212-360-1311