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

                       Winthrop Campus Schools

                       The Trust for Public Land

                       New York City Department of Environmental Protection

                       New York Road Runners

                       State and Local Community Leaders

What:             Opening of the new community playground located within a 10-minute walk for over 30,000 East Flatbush neighbors

When:            10:00 a.m., Monday, September 17, 2018

Where:        I.S. 598
                    Middle School of Media, Law and Fine Art
                    905 Winthrop Street
                    Brooklyn, NY 11203

State Parks Commissioner Rose Harvey joins the Winthrop Campus Schools faculty and students, State and Local Community Leaders, The Trust for Public Land, New York City Department of Environmental Protection, New York Road Runners to open newest student-designed community playground.

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