New Borough Park playground knows no handicap
Children with physical disabilities deserve to have as much fun on a playground as their more able-bodied peers, according to two Borough Park lawmakers, who are the key figures behind the construciton of a new recreation area that includes amenities for youngsters in wheelchairs.
Councilman David Greenfield and state Sen. Simcha Felder cut the ribbon on a new playground behind PS 192 on 18th Avenue and 48th Street in Borough Park on Tuesday.
Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Kevin Jeffrey and P.S. 192 Principal Liset Issac were also on hand to welcome the new playground.
To ensure that all children have a space in which to play, Greenfield and Felder made sure that the playground contained play equipment with ramps, ground level play features, accessible swings, wheelchair-accessible tables and wheelchair-accessible drinking fountains.