A major renovation is in the works for the Coney Island Boardwalk.<\/p>\n
Mayor Eric Adams, along with leaders from the Parks Department, announced more than $1 billion in funding to revitalize the popular shoreline destination.<\/p>\n
The plan includes reconstruction of the nearly three-mile-long Iconic Reigelmann boardwalk.<\/p>\n
During the press conference, Adams said this was a full-circle moment for him as he started his career as a transit police officer on Stillwell Avenue in Coney Island.<\/p>\n
\u201cThanks to our amazing team of experts, we know what the boardwalk needs for its future, and now it is time to work with community and the partners in government, to make this full reconstruction a reality, this is a critical investment in our city\u2019s resiliency to climate change,\u201d the city\u2019s Park Commissioner Iris Rodriguez-Roa said.<\/p>\n
The boardwalk project will include collaboration between the city\u2019s Parks Department and the Economic Development Corporation and will involve replacement utilities and structural piles. It will also elevate the walkway in some places.<\/p>\n
The mayor\u2019s revitalization project, a goal outlined in his 2025 state of the city address, will also include the construction of 1,500 housing units \u2014 25% of which will be designated for affordable housing.<\/p>\n
This, along with new investments in streets, sewers and public realm improvements, includes a $42 million renovation of the Abe Stark Sports Center that houses a skating rink and recreation hub.<\/p>\n
The renovation of the sports center, which opened in 1970, will also create a new entrance and signage on the boardwalk, better linking the center with the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A major renovation is in the works for the Coney Island Boardwalk. Mayor Eric Adams, along with leaders…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":443427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,7448,1121,405,403,50,5226,5225,32522,5228,5227,52,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-443681","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-app-top-stories","10":"tag-brooklyn","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkcity","16":"tag-nia-clark","17":"tag-ny","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-top-stories","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-us","25":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115710166508773403","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}