Tag: recreation

Revamped Russell Pedersen Playground in Bay Ridge reopens with ribbon-cutting

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Jul. 17, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann Local elected officials, New York City Parks Department representatives, and community members celebrated the completion of the first phase of a long-overdue restoration of a popular Bay Ridge playground with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on July 17. The revamped Russell Pedersen Playground, located on Colonial Road between 83rd and…

Aviator Sports to close indoor facility next month as local fight to save it holds strong

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Mar. 25, 2025 By Robert Pearl The indoor facility at Floyd Bennett Field’s Aviator Sports and Events Center, a longtime recreational hub that has served thousands of children from Brooklyn and Queens, will close April 14, officials announced Monday — but locals are still hoping to save the space. The closure, set for when…

New build in Williamsburg to bring retail, recreation with historic flair

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Mar. 11, 2025 By Anna Bradley-Smith A four-story commercial building that mixes orange brick, ornamentation, and round poles with a dramatic glass and steel top-story overhang is planned to fill a vacant corner lot on Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, renderings show. The structure’s lower floors are reminiscent of a 19th century cast iron commercial…

Longtime Brooklyn gamer looking to open board game cafe in Dyker Heights

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Jan. 3, 2024 By Ximena Del Cerro As a teenager in the early 2000s, Stephen Fontana grew up saving some of his lunch money to be able to buy board games and play cards at Gamers Illusions, a small two-table storefront in his neighborhood of Dyker Heights. Even though the gaming hub was always full…
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