Prospect Park Alliance helps NYC Parks renovate Williamsburg park
Penn Triangle playground-sitting area is in shadow of BQE
NYC Parks and Prospect Park Alliance on Monday announced the completion of reconstruction work on Penn Triangle in South Williamsburg, a small neighborhood park and playground adjacent to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
The $1.7 million renovation was funded by Mayor Bill de Blasio through the Community Parks Initiative (CPI), which seeks to fund improvements to neighborhood parks with the greatest need. Typically, these parks are small, local parks that don’t have support groups.
As part of CPI, the project reconstructed the triangle and added new accessible play equipment, safety surfacing, seating, planting beds and shade trees. The project’s design was completed courtesy of the Prospect Park Alliance (PPA).