On hand for the ribbon-cutting at newly-renovated City Line Park are Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe (second from r.), Councilman Erik Martin Dilan and other officials and kids.More than $1.6 million in renovations now adorn City Line Park in East New York, thanks to City Councilman Erik Martin Dilan (D-East New York) and Mayor Bloomberg. Last week's ribbon-cutting ceremony was attended by Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe and District Manager Walter Campbell of Community Board 5.
The playground, bounded by Atlantic and Fountain Aves., now has new play equipment, a spray shower, swings, handball and basketball courts, benches and a drinking fountain, plus newly planted trees, and landscaping designed by landscape architect Staci Tull.
The work was done by J.R. Contracting, under the supervision of Rohan Mendis, Parks' resident engineer.
Dilan also said that a $2.5 million allocation of funds toward greening the ballfield at City Line Park has been added to the mix.
City Line Park was originally the site for the Ridgewood Pumping Station, used to bring water from the Ridgewood Reservoir in Queens to Brooklyn, back in 1886. After the Croton Reservoir became the city's main water source, the land was transferred to the Parks Department.
