- City:
- Astoria, New York City, Queens, NY
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Comfort Stations (Restrooms), Playgrounds
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Completed:
- 1938
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
On July 2, 1938, the Department of Parks announced the opening of a playground on the site of what is now the Astoria Health Playground:
“In Queens, at 14th Street south of 31st Avenue adjacent to the Astoria Health Center, the new playground is equipped with swings, see-saws, play houses, slide, sand pit and a portable shower. A brick comfort station with facilities for boys and girls, and permanent concrete benches are also provided. The perimeter of the entire playground is landscaped with shade trees.
…The work was performed by the Works Progress Administration, but planned and inspected by the Department of Parks.”
The playground is still in use today.
Source notes
Department of Parks, Press Release, July 2, 1938Site originally submitted by Frank da Cruz on November 16, 2016.
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