Cuomo Announces Opening Of Vital Brooklyn Community Playground in Crown Heights

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the grand opening of the new student-designed community playground behind the school at 1224 Park Place in Crown Heights.

Currently, the school space occupies three separate schools including M.S. 354 The School of Integrated Learning, KIPP AMP Academy Middle School, and KIPP AMP Elementary Schools.

The $2 million playground is part of Cuomo‘s “Vital Brooklyn” initiative, a community development program bringing necessary resources to underserved neighborhoods in Central Brooklyn, and will provide 32,825 Crown Heights residents with green space within a 10-minute walk from home.

“Parks are the center point of our communities, bringing together families and allowing residents from around the neighborhood to enjoy green space. I am so pleased to see yet another new playground open in Brooklyn as part of the Governor’s “Vital Brooklyn” initiative,” said State Sen. Velmanette Montgomery. “The students of M.S. 354 and KIPP AMP, and the community have worked tirelessly to bring this project to life, and applaud all those who had a hand in making this terrific playground possible.”

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