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Lovely day for a playground opening! Located on Forest Avenue in the Bronx, this new schoolyard will provide students and neighborhood residents with a dynamic, inclusive, and environmentally sustainable space to play, learn, and gather. This new community playground is also open after school, on weekends, and in summer so the entire neighborhood will have a shady, vibrant and fun place to play!

to opening day at the brand new PS 38K Community Playground designed by students through . This vibrant schoolyard renovation has an extensive green infrastructure system, lots of trees, green roofs on the gazebo and storage container, a large learning garden and three outdoor classrooms! This community playground has something for everyone thanks to and funding from and NYC Council Member
Thanks also go out to our contractor MSM Empire Construction Corp. and manufacturers of site furnishings: .ritter_maglin and plant material from
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We are thrilled to share the official opening of this gorgeous, green in designed by students through unique process where students become - learning about and
The joy on these students faces made possible by funding from with public funding from former Queens Borough President and NYC council member
Shout out to and the TPL team: Joan Keener and Maddalena Polletta

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The amount of rainfall we have received in in the last 2 weeks reveals the dire need to include more in our city. In collaboration with and our environmental engineers , NYC Playgrounds Program sites include multiple design elements to help capture, store and slowly release including permeable synthetic turf fields, outdoor classrooms, green roofs on gazebos and storage containers, permeable pavers, lots of trees and of course, lots of garden areas. Removing asphalt at over 200 schools across NYC, these sites collect millions of gallons of stormwater annually.

We are so happy that our contractors are starting construction on a few new again. This site, located in the Two Bridges / Chinatown neighborhood in lower Manhattan will replaces all that asphalt with trees, gardens (curbs being trenched here), and new play equipment surrounded by green infrastructure as part of and NYCDEP Green Schoolyards initiative to capture 1.8 million gallons of storm water. Stay tuned as we post more progress photos this summer.