The city is opening up more school playgrounds over the summer so residents can enjoy the outdoors.
Mayor Eric Adams on Monday announced the expansion of the Schoolyards to Playgrounds program, adding 11 new schoolyards for public use after hours and on weekends. The latest additions are expected to bring 20,000 more New Yorkers within a 10-minute walk of a park.
“New York City is the greatest city in the world to be a kid and today, we’re going to make it even better by making it easier for our kids to play close to home,” Adams said in a statement.
The Schoolyards to Playgrounds was created to increase public access to green space in communities with limited park access. When schools are not in session, the yards are open to residents as neighborhood playgrounds.
The new sites in Brooklyn are:
- P.S. 308 Clara Cardwell, 616 Quincy St.
- P.S. 159 Isaac Pitkin, 2781 Pitkin Ave.
- P.S. 160 William T. Sampson, 1057 52nd St.
- P.S. 179 Kensington, 202 Avenue C
