The Bellerose Playground is closed. The contractor for the Schools Construction Authority was back at the Playground yesterday. Today the playground gates are padlocked and there are two portable toilets
More infoHate Crime Forum – 5/25/21
Borough President Donovan Richards, District Attorney Melinda Katz, and NYC Human Rights Commissioner Carmelyn Malalis hosted a Hate Crimes Forum. Resources The QGA video, answering the question: “How have discrimination,
More infoBellerose Playground Update – 3/11/21
It was great to see so many enjoying our reconstructed playground on some of the recent warm March days. It was re-opened, without fanfare, on October 9, 2020. But the
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In the fall of 2019 the BCCA obtained bulbs from the NYC Daffodil Project for P.S.133. Early one cold morning, Principal Nicole Colon, teacher Amanda Arcuri and students planted those
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The Reading Garden project recently moved up from the Design Phase to the Procurement stage. At the February Community Board 13Q Parks Committee zoom meeting, Queens Parks Commissioner Dockett, when
More infoBellerose Playground Re-Opened
The newly reconstructed Bellerose Playground re-opened on October 9, 2020. Councilman Barry Grodenchik had another on-site meeting with Parks and NYC School Construction Authority earlier this week to push for
More infoReading Garden Preliminary Design
The design for a Reading Garden at the Bellerose Playground was unveiled at the monthly Community Board 13Q Parks Committee meeting (via Zoom) on June 9, 2020. NYC Parks Dept.
More infoReading Garden Scoping Meeting
On a mild Friday afternoon, January 10, 2020, NYC Parks & Recreation held a public scoping meeting for the Reading Garden at the Bellerose Playground. Landscape Architect James Mituzas ran
More infoCPR Program
On January 9th, BCCA sponsored a free FDNY CPR Program at our regular meeting location (before our Boro President Candidates Forum at P.S.133 later in the evening). It included a
More infoBellerose Reading Garden Update
On a very cold and windy Thursday, Senator John Liu and Councilman Barry Grodenchik came together with BCCA Board members, PS133 Principal Nicole Colon and students, and neighbors for the
More infoBellerose Playground Redevelopment Update
Early on Aug. 30th, paving of the site began. By late evening the playground area had been completed. The multi-purpose play area was almost completed. A small area back near
More infoBellerose Playground Redevelopment Update
The multi-purpose play area has been back-filled after a lengthy period of excavation and placement of drainage pipes and dry wells. Actual work at the site by the New Jersey
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