Repairs postponed again for collapsed ramp at Shore Road Park
Construction To Begin In Late August
Repair work has not yet begun on the collapsed Shore Road Park ramp at 97th Street. The long-delayed repairs were promised to begin by early summer. Well, summer’s halfway through and nothing has been done. Now the Parks Department is promising that work will begin at the end of August, marking yet another postponement on repairs that were supposed to have started last fall.
Brooklyn’s public parks are among the jewels in the borough’s crown, and all neighborhoods take pride in their local city parks. For residents with disabilities, the elderly and coaches carrying large bags of sports equipment, getting to Shore Road Park without the ramp has not an easy task. With the 97th Street entrance closed off, the other closest entries are located at 93rd and Shore Road, and 100th Street. However, both of those entrances require the use of stairs, and the nearest ramp entrance is by the Belt Parkway, which is a greater distance away.
City Councilmember Vincent Gentile, long a proponent of seeing the park ramp repairs get underway, invited the Brooklyn Eagle to join him at the ramp site, survey the situation and offer an update on the progress that has been made.
Gentile originally addressed the issue in a letter to residents in the neighborhood detailing his frustrations with limited access to the park.