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New Entrance To Bush Terminal Piers Park Opens
The new entrance, at 50th Street and First Avenue, will help southern Sunset Park better access the waterfront.
SUNSET PARK, BROOKLYN — A new entrance to Bush Terminal Piers Park opened Friday, giving people in southern Sunset Park better access to the waterfront.
City Councilman Carlos Menchaca, who represents Sunset Park, and the New York City Economic Development Corporation announced the opening Friday.
The new entrance will "will increase the community’s access to the 10-block waterfront park, which features an esplanade, synthetic turf sport fields, benches, and views of New York Harbor, among other features," according to an EDC press release.
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Menchaca shared a time-lapse video on Twitter of him cycling into the new park entrance:
My first ride through (long awaited) 2nd Entrance 50thSt/1stAve to Bush Terminal Park, officially opened! Come! @NYCParks @NYCEDC @UPROSE pic.twitter.com/RSAIHcyGVj
— Carlos Menchaca 萬齊家 (@cmenchaca) July 21, 2017
"I have pushed for a second Bush Terminal Park entrance since 2014, and I thank New York Economic Development Corporation for keeping their promise to open it this summer," Menchaca said in the press release. "I celebrate the new 50th Street entrance because it provides better park access and shows government responding directly to community needs."
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Image via Carlos Menchaca, Twitter
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