Gravesend’s Lafayette Playground getting $4.5 million makeover
A long neglected Gravesend playground is getting plenty of attention from the de Blasio administration these days.
Lafayette Playground, a 1.19-acre site that consists of nothing more than patches of concrete and asphalt, is undergoing a $4.5 million renovation by the Department of Parks and Recreation. The construction work is already underway, according to officials, who said the project is expected to be competed by the end of the summer of 2019.
The project is part of the Community Parks Initiative, a program Mayor Bill de Blasio started in 2014 to have the city take a second look at parks and playgrounds in densely populated neighborhoods that had not been renovated in several years. To date, the city has spent $318 million to re-do 60 parks under the program.