Great News!
NNA's recommendations submitted to Community Board 1 Queens for FY2013 Capital Budget Expenditures to spruce up Sean's Place Park (38th Street near 31st Avenue) made #6 on CB1's list of 30 as deserving of improvement funds!
NNA interviewed parents and youths who use the park for input. Number one request was for better lighting and supervision. All those interviewed said they would like to see a general cleaning up of this heavily used recreation area: painting worn playground equipment, removing the ugly trash pile behind basketball fence, new attractive park trash receptacles, replacing dead tree stumps with new trees, nets for the basketball hoops, addressing the big dirt area that is currently used as both a play area and bathroom and repainting the lines on the basketball court.
One idea for dirt area replanting and beautification: use simple, raised wood garden beds along the fence and a few scattered raised wood containers with plants in the dirt area. Add benches for seating.
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The photo below is of our sad park in need of help.
