This area is slated for an upgrade.

As many sections of the park were slowly improved (Hester Playground 2006), this section remained the last area of disuse and therefore invited misuse.

Now, thanks to our local elected representatives Past and Present, CM Chin, CM Marte, Governor Hochul, State Senator Kavanagh, The Hua Mei Birders, This Coalition, Alliance, a concerned business community and all our local residents who’ve tended this section for decades when everyone else had abandoned it…

and a special thank you to Manhattan Commissioner Perez for immediately taking measures to make this area safer with bright lighting on the Broome Street Parkhouse, taking down fencing that gave the area a derelict look, working with the 5th Pct to have a trial lat night closure,

AND…for guiding this complex process.

Hoping for solid infrastructure improvements: ADA accessible entryways and pathways,  water source outlets, The Pit drainage repair, widening gardens,

asking all our neighbors to weigh in…

And workshops and outreach to prevent displacement….

and yes…please end the use this narrow park for a parking lot!! We take public transportation!!

Park Manager Phillips and Storehouse Manager Harris

Towards a larger Project in Sara Roosevelt Park:

April 28th and May 2nd!

For the history  and  Justen’s original design

De Britto

And almost every Saturday afternoon food is distributed…

Gothamist

‘In the very, very beginning, it was about 3 feet of garbage’

We all know that property in New York City is valuable and space is at premium. How is the garden still here 50 years later?

We fought for it. Any time a developer came and wanted to do something here, we mobilized and said, you know, this is ridiculous … we got so much community support.

Talk to me a little bit more about how this space was utilized, even when it was trash-strewn, because people did come in here, right?

Not only did people come in here, two homeless people died here. One winter, they froze to death. There was a lot of drug dealing here.”

For more information Stanton CSA website

Stop by and visit with Rainer!!

Chrystie Street between Grand and Hester