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
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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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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Completion of the reconstructed portions of the playground is expected by the end of December, 2019.
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On October 19th the Bellerose Playground held its’ Groundbreaking Ceremony. Council Member Barry Grodenchik, Boro President Melinda Katz. Lorraine Grillo (Pres. of NYC School Construction Authority), Joanne Amagrande (Queens Parks...
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