[CPEO-BIF] Elmhurst Park at KeySpan tank site, Queens, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

New York City PR- 191-11
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 6, 2011

MAYOR BLOOMBERG OPENS ELMHURST PARK IN QUEENS

Former KeySpan Gas Tank Site is Transformed into $20 Million, Six- 
Acre Community Open Space

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe today  
opened Elmhurst Park, a former brownfield turned greenspace, in  
Queens. The $20-million six-acre project began in 2007 at the request  
of the community for more open space. The park replaces the former  
KeySpan gas tank site and features a new playground, a decorative  
fountain, lighting, new trees and landscaping, fencing, walking  
paths, benches, and the renovation of an existing building that will  
be used for maintenance staff. The Mayor and Commissioner Benepe were  
joined at the park opening by Congress Member Joseph Crowley, Queens  
Borough President Helen Marshall, Assembly Member Margaret Markey,  
and National Grid Community Affairs Program Manager Renee McClure.

"Throughout New York City, we are reclaiming former brownfield sites  
and turning them into new parks, housing and other uses that benefit  
our local communities," said Mayor Bloomberg. "This site was long  
known as the home of the KeySpan gas tanks, but, thanks to the City's  
investment and collaboration among area officials and community  
representatives, it will now be known as Elmhurst Park and enjoyed by  
residents and families in the neighborhood."

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For the entire release,  go to
http://www.nyc.gov:80/cgi-bin/misc/pfprinter.cgi? 
action=print&sitename=OM&p=1307679991000

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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