Borders of Prospect Park and Fort Greene Park to be opened to surrounding communities
Some of the walls and fences surrounding Prospect Park and Fort Greene Park will be coming down and the edges of the parks beautified under a Parks Department initiative to make parks more open and welcoming.
The Parks Department and representatives of the G.I.V.E. (Getting Involved, Virginia Avenue Efforts) organization on Tuesday announced that Prospect Park and Fort Greene Park were two of eight parks chosen to receive reconstruction using Parks Without Borders design principles. Parks throughout the five boroughs were chosen.
Parks Without Borders aims to connect parks to the surrounding communities. The design principles open sight lines, beautify edges, and add furnishings to underutilized spaces.
Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver joined Councilmember and Park Committee Chair Mark Levine, and G.I.V.E. Founder and Director Nilka Martell at the Parks Without Borders Summit at the New School to make the announcement.