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Maspeth Park Set To Be Completed By Summer 2023, Work Underway: DOT
The park will offer expanded green space and recreational amenities, including a basketball court, game tables, and a skate plaza.
QUEENS – More than a decade after New York officials determined space for a Maspeth park, the parcel on the Queens side of the new Kosciuszko Bridge is expected to serve as a recreational area by summer 2023.
Transportation officials told Patch that construction is underway for the long-promised park, which is weaved into the reconstruction of the Kosciuszko Bridge between Brooklyn and Queens.
The project replaced the 77-year-old bridge with two new, cable-stayed bridges, the first of which opened on the Queens-bound side in 2017.
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The park in Queens represents a $16.6 million investment.
According to state officials, the new Maspeth Park will offer expanded green space and recreational amenities, including a basketball court, game tables, and a skate plaza.
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One Queens resident on Twitter noticed on Sunday that construction had begun.
“Soon a skater park, seating & staffed comfort station will exist serving all who cross the bridge & nearby communities of South Sunnyside & Blissville,” he said on the social media platform.
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