Construction Begins on Central Brooklyn’s Newest Open Space

Who:              Rose Harvey, Commissioner, Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation

                       Assemblyman Nick Perry, Assembly District 58

                       The Trust for Public Land

                        New York City Department of Environmental Protection

                        New York Road Runners

                        Winthrop Campus Schools

What:             The unveiling and groundbreaking of a new community playground located within a 10-minute walk for over 30,000 East Flatbush neighbors

When:            9:30 a.m., Thursday, May 17, 2017

Where:         I.S. 598

                     Middle School of Marketing and Legal Studies

                     905 Winthrop Street

                     Brooklyn, NY 11203

State Parks Commissioner Rose Harvey joins Assemblyman Nick Perry, The Trust for Public Land, New York City Department of Environmental Protection, New York Road Runners and Winthrop school faculty and students to unveil the newest student-designed community playground.

The community playground is made possible through these close partnerships under Governor Cuomo’s Vital Brooklyn Initiative. This is the first open space project under the initiative which will transform 8 playgrounds, renovate 22 community gardens and improve 4 recreation centers in Central Brooklyn by 2020.