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 the re-opening. Midday today the...
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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. landscape architect James Mituzas and Parks designer Amber Betances...
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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 the meeting, along with assigned designer Amber...
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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 45 minute basic class on compressions-only CPR, practice on...
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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 official press conference to announce that funding had...
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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 the handball courts had to wait for the second layer of asphalt. ...
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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 contractor and his sub-contractors appears to be on a more frequent...
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The biggest highlight of the year in Bellerose, St. Gregory’s Festival, runs through June 30th. The festivities begin at 7pm and run through 11pm at the school yard just off Commonwealth Boulevard at 87th Avenue. The admission is free for access...
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We have just been advised by Senator John Liu’s office that the $250,000 in NYS funding (obtained years ago by then Senator Tony Avella) for a reading garden at the Bellerose Playground, has finally been transferred to the NYC Dept. of Parks and...
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A few of our board members celebrating “the make compost, not trash” campaign at last night’s dinner sponsored by the NYC Department of Sanitation.
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BCCA Board Member John Reh with NYC Sanitation Department Organics Outreach Associate Chris Stadmeyer at the DSNY’s Mobile Command Center. One of our BCCA members had noticed there were very few brown recycling bins for organics at the curbs of...
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Completion of the reconstructed portions of the playground is expected by the end of December, 2019.
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