{"id":144,"date":"2018-10-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/30-million-renovation-of-brownsvilles-betsy-head-park-set-to-begin-in-november-with-turf-field-summerstage-and-more\/"},"modified":"2018-10-09T00:08:07","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T00:08:07","slug":"30-million-renovation-of-brownsvilles-betsy-head-park-set-to-begin-in-november-with-turf-field-summerstage-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/?p=144","title":{"rendered":"$30 Million Renovation of Brownsville\u2019s Betsy Head Park Set To Begin in November With Turf Field Summerstage and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brownsville was one of five parks in New York City to be granted $30 million for renovations, in 2016, by Mayor DeBlasio. It seems the renovations are scheduled to begin in November 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The Betsy Head Park overhaul will include the following: (See the images as well)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Construction of a synthetic turf field, rubberized track, sport courts and adult fitness equipment area<\/li>\n<li>New skate park, basketball courts, active fitness area and multi-purpose space<\/li>\n<li>Comfort station (bathrooms) and utility building in Betsy Head Park.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9638 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nycnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Field-and-Courts-Rendring.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"954\" height=\"520\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9637 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nycnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Betsyy-Head-Skate-Park-Basketball-Courts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"954\" height=\"735\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9636 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nycnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Betsy-Head-Comfort-Station.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"954\" height=\"654\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Friends of Brownsville Parks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Due to the planning &amp; advocacy of local community stakeholders &amp; residents,\u00a0 Brownsville\u2019s partnering agencies and advocates formed the Friends of Brownsville Parks (<span id=\"m_7108607175855105378:wm.1\">FoBP<\/span>) organization with the NYC Parks &amp; Recreation Department (NYC Parks). Under the leadership &amp; expertise of FoBP\u2019s Chairman &amp; Founder, Duane\u00a0<span id=\"m_7108607175855105378:wm.2\">Kinnon<\/span>, the community\u2019s largest park (Betsy Head Park) was designated as one of only 5 parks in NYC to receive $30 Million as an Anchor Park by NYC Mayor Bill\u00a0<span id=\"m_7108607175855105378:wm.3\">de<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"m_7108607175855105378:wm.4\">Blasio<\/span>\u00a0in 2016. In addition to this milestone, the NYC Parks Department presented the Friends of Brownsville Parks group with the Borough Award for Brooklyn, NY in 2017. The\u00a0<span id=\"m_7108607175855105378:wm.5\">FoBP<\/span>\u00a0is fiscally sponsored by the City Parks Foundation and works in partnership with Partnership for Parks, New Yorkers for Parks, the Mayor\u2019s office of Criminal Justice,\u00a0<span id=\"m_7108607175855105378:wm.6\">Medgar<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"m_7108607175855105378:wm.7\">Evers<\/span>\u00a0College, the\u00a0<span id=\"m_7108607175855105378:wm.8\">NYS<\/span>\u00a0Health Foundation, L+M Development Partners and others to implement community sports, wellness, parks activation and improvement projects for Brownsville parks and families.<\/p>\n<p>Duane\u00a0<span id=\"m_7108607175855105378:wm.9\">Kinnon<\/span>\u00a0is the President &amp; CEO of the\u00a0<span id=\"m_7108607175855105378:wm.10\">Kinnon<\/span>\u00a0Group consulting firm and he is a member of the Coalition of Young Professionals in Ocean Hill &#8211; Brownsville (<span id=\"m_7108607175855105378:wm.11\">CYP<\/span>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brownsville was one of five parks in New York City to be granted $30 million for renovations, in 2016, by Mayor DeBlasio. It seems the renovations are scheduled to begin in November 2018. The Betsy Head Park overhaul will include the following: (See the images as well) Construction of a synthetic turf field, rubberized track, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-development","category-features"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147,"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions\/147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}