The borough's largest park will undergo significant upgrades for accessibility, flood mitigation and historic preservation.
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens's largest park and home to New York City's largest lake, is set to get a $120-million facelift.
According to an article in Secret NYC by Brianna Perry, the project is part of an effort to "reverse decades of chronic underfunding" of the park's aging infrastructure that has led to water leaks and flooding.
The multi-phase project will rebuild the park's playground, which was designed as the nation's first play area for both able-bodied children and children with disabilities, to include more accessibility upgrades. Upgrades will also include improvements to electrical vaults and flood control infrastructure and the restoration of key historic landmarks and public art.
Read the full story: Queens’ largest park is getting a massive $120M overhaul—including a $22.5M ‘complete reconstruction’ of its historic playground
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Idaho may see an 18% drop in federal surface transit funding — the largest estimated cut in the US
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How ‘post-disaster gentrification’ alters neighborhoods after natural calamities
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Maryland local governments examine if they should have more power to raise property taxes
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