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Construction To Begin On New Queensbridge Park Field House
The Long Island City park's old field house will be demolished on Thursday to make way for a new multimillion-dollar facility.
LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS -- Queens residents, lawmakers and NYC Parks officials will gather in Queensbridge Park on Thursday for the much-anticipated groundbreaking of its new multimillion-dollar field house.
Demolition of the Long Island City park's old field house, built in 1941, will begin at 11 a.m. to make way for the new 1,500-square-foot Queensbridge Park House.
The field will feature a community room, an office area for Parks staff, a public restroom and storage space for maintenance equipment, according to NYC Parks. It will also be surrounded by an outdoor plaza with seating, bicycle racks and drinking fountains.
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NYC Parks unveiled the field house's design in April 2017 and estimated it would take between 12 and 18 months to finish, The Times Ledger first reported.
The City Council and Mayor Bill de Blasio pooled together $6.25 million to fund the project, according to NYC Parks.
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Lead photo courtesy of NYC Parks.
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