New York
(This list does not include Recovery Action Program planning
grants.)
Project Sponsor: Buffalo
Project Name: Cazenovia Park and Pool
Federal Share: $1,190,000
Fiscal Year: 1980
Description: Renovated swimming pool and
bathhouse.
Project Sponsor: Buffalo
Project Name: LaSalle Park
Federal Share: $637,500
Fiscal Year: 1983
Description: Renovated ballfields, play area,
picnic facilities, restrooms and shelters, swimming pool building
and concession stand.
Project Sponsor: Buffalo
Project Name: Massachusetts Avenue Park
Federal Share: $360,500
Fiscal Year: 2001
Description: Removal of an antiquated swimming
pool, renovate locker room for year-round multi-purpose recreation
facility, basketball and handball courts, develop lawn area
and play field, landscaping and law improvements..
Project Sponsor: Freeport
Project Name: Northeast Park
Federal Share: $102,850
Fiscal Year: 1980
Description: Renovated four ball courts,
replaced benches, lights and fences, resurfaced walkways,
installed ramps for handicap access, and picnic tables and
benches.
Project Sponsor: Freeport
Project Name: Martin Luther King Park
Federal Share: $113,050
Fiscal Year: 1983
Description: Renovated play area, ball courts,
handball courts, pavillion roof, picnic area, passive area,
and restrooms.
Project Sponsor: Hempstead
Project Name: Mirshel, Brierly and Campbell
Parks
Federal Share: $249,900
Fiscal Year: 1991
Description: Renovated ballfields, playgrounds,
play courts, picnic areas, and restrooms.
Project Sponsor: Lackawanna
Project Name: Franklin Park
Federal Share: $30,257
Fiscal Year: 2001
Description: Renovation of 5.1 acre park
includes basketball courts, new playground equipment, parking
lot, remove old tennis court.
Project Sponsor: Mohawk
Project Name: Mohawk Valley YMCA Innovation
Federal Share: $321,379
Fiscal Year: 1979
Description: Converted an abandoned National
Guard Armory into an indoor recreation center.
Project Sponsor: Mohawk
Project Name: Innovative Recreation programs
Federal Share: $196,936
Fiscal Year: 1982
Description: Developed and implemented recreation
programs for the elderly and handicapped at the main YMCA
facility.
Project Sponsor: Mt. Vernon
Project Name: Mothers on the Move
Federal Share: $99,400
Fiscal Year: 1992
Description: Purchased indoor and outdoor
play equipment for the city's only low-income, public housing
complex - Levister Towers. In addition, funds were used to
hire a recreation program director to set-up recfreation programs,
and train volunteer mothers to take over the program after
one year.
Project Sponsor: New Rochelle
Project Name: Reach for Fitness
Federal Share: $192,076
Fiscal Year: 1982
Description: Developed a fitness and recreation
program for inner-city residents.
Project Sponsor: New Rochelle
Project Name: Hudson Park
Federal Share: $196,965
Fiscal Year: 1983
Description: Renovated bathhouse and three
picnic pavillions.
Project Sponsor: New York
Project Name: St. James Park House
Federal Share: $300,000
Fiscal Year: 2000
Description: St. James Park House is located
at the main entrance of a 11.39-acre park in the Bronx section
of New York city. The park house was built in 1936, and closed
in 1991 due to unsafe conditions. Renovation of St. James
Park House includes roof, floors, restrooms, offices, storage
area, windows and doors, plumbing, heating and electrical
systems.
Project Sponsor: New York
Project Name: Riverside Alternative
Federal Share: $50,000
Fiscal Year: 1995
Description: Twenty at-risk youths, grades
5 through 9, planned, designed and assisted with the construction
of a rollerblade/skateboard ramp in Riverside Park. The emphasis
of the project was for the youth to lear teamwork, design,
construction, group decision making, responsibility, and self
government. The project is located in a CDBG target area,
with significant minority, low-income population.
Project Sponsor: New York
Project Name: Portable Recreation Facilities
Federal Share: $669,800
Fiscal Year: 1979
Description: Purchased 22 portable recreation
mobile units, moved them around the city to provide recreation
opportunities to low-income, minority residents.
Project Sponsor: New York
Project Name: 32 Park Sites
Federal Share: $3,140,911
Fiscal Year: 1980
Description: P.S. 41, 49 and 197 Playgrounds
-- Replaced fences and backstops. St. Nicholas House Playground,
FDR Drive Playground, Baisley Boulevard Playground, P.S. 31
Playground, P.S. 117 Playground, and Dyckman House Playground
-- replaced benches and backstops. St. Mary's House Playground,
Bennett Park, H.A. Von Dollen Playground, P.S. 108 Playground,
P.S. 219 Playground, East River Park, Hamilton Place Playground,
P.S. 150 Playground, JHS 120 Playground, P.S. 132 Playground,
Fulton Park Playground, P.S. 119 Playground, Cooper Park House
Playground, P.S. 3 Playground, P.S. 256 Playground P.S. 117
Playground, Heckscher Playground, JHS 296 Playground, S.A.
Rudd Playground, L.H. Pink House Playground, P.S. 282 Playground,
and P.S. 52 Playground -- repaved surface areas, installed
new fences, benches, and backstops. YMCA Bronx Day Camp and
Family Center -- renovated ballfield, ball courts, track,
playground, swimming pools locker rooms, restrooms, picnic
shelter, pump building, picnic tables, benches, lighting,
and replaced lights and fences.
Project Sponsor: New York
Project Name: Urban Park Rangers - Environmental
Corps
Federal Share: $675,265
Fiscal Year: 1980
Description: Expanded the Urban Park Ranger
Program by providing specialized, environmental education
services in inner city neighborhood park facilities.
Project Sponsor: New York
Project Name: Six Park Sites
Federal Share: $2,298,575
Fiscal Year: 1981
Description: Butler House -- installed new
playground equipment, renovated ball courts, and resurfaced
play areas. Highbridge House -- installed new playground equipment
, benches, tables, fencing and lighting, retaining wall, renovated
ball court and bleachers, and resurfaced asphalt areas. Jackson
House - installed new benches and tables, new game tables,
and playground equipment. McKinley House -- installed new
playground equipment, benches, tables, and retaining wall.
Mitchell House Community Center - replaced gym floor.
Project Sponsor: New York
Project Name: Crotona Park Ranger Corps
Federal Share: $550,000
Fiscal Year: 1982
Description: Implemented a pilot program
by utilizing 23 Urban Park Rangers in Crotona Park to perform
a series of functions designed to attract new park visitors.
Project Sponsor: New York
Project Name: Cromwell Recreation Center
and Forest House Playground
Federal Share: $1,302,783
Fiscal Year: 1983
Description: Cromwell Recreation Center --
Renovated recreation center. Forest House Playground -- installed
new playground equipment, benches and tables, resurfaced asphalt
areas, and renovated ball courts and drinking fountains.
Project Sponsor: New York
Project Name: John Rozier Hansborough Recreation
Center
Federal Share: $249,999
Fiscal Year: 1991
Description: Renovated swimming pool facility.
Project Sponsor: New York
Project Name: St. James Park House
Federal Share: $300,000
Fiscal Year: 2001
Description: St. James House is located on
an 11.39 acre neighborhood park in the Bronx. Renovations
include the roof, wood flooring in main recreation install
new doors and window frames, upgrade plumbing, electrical
and heating systems, rebuild basement stairs, and access improvements.
Project Sponsor: New York
Project Name: Columbus Park Pavilion
Federal Share: $1,000,000
Fiscal Year: 2002
Description: Built in 1897, the pavilion
is a community activity space within Columbus Park. Renovation
includes replacing the roof, fencing, and repairs to the open
air loggia.
Project Sponsor: Niagara Falls
Project Name: Center Court Park
Federal Share: $361,250
Fiscal Year: 1980
Description: Renovated swimming pool, bathhouse,
ballfield, tot lot, ball court, parking area, walkways, and
installed new picnic tables and benches, and lighting.
Project Sponsor: Niagara Falls
Project Name: 13th Street and Gill Creek
Parks
Federal Share: $180,531
Fiscal Year: 1983
Description: 13th Street Park -- installed
new playground equipment, resurfaced ball court, and replaced
fencing. Interior of recreation building -- replaced plumbing,
electrical syste, and heating and airconditioning system.
Gill Creek Playground -- renovated ballfield, ball court,
confort station, installed new playground equipment, and drinking
fountains.
Project Sponsor: Poughkeepsie
Project Name: Pershing Avenue Park
Federal Share: $29,400
Fiscal Year: 2001
Description: Renovate basketball courts,
playground, new park furniture, resurfacing walkways, and
landscaping.
Project Sponsor: Rochester
Project Name: Nine Recreation Centers
Federal Share: $645,591
Fiscal Year: 1980
Description: Campbell Street -- handicap
access improvements, replace gym floor, and repair roof and
ceiling. Allofus -- replace doors, windows, repair boiler,
renovate floors, roof, and electrical system. Webster -- handicap
access improvements, replace gym floor, doors, and install
new tot lot equipment. Flint - replace roof, repair drainage
system, and ball courts. Frost Avenue -- handicap access improvements,
replace doors, and renovate ballfields. Avenue D -- handicap
access improvements, install new playground equipment, gym
floor, doors, and renovate ballfield. Susan B. Anthony - installed
new curbing, lights, fences, benches, and repair walkway.
Poder -- replace lighting and heating systems. Edgerton --
replace roof, and renovate ballfield, ball court, and tennis
courts.
Project Sponsor: Rochester
Project Name: Four Recreation Centers and
One Senior Citizen Center
Federal Share: $549,322
Fiscal Year: 1983
Description: North Street - installed new
air conditioning system, handicap access ramp, public address
system, and renovated gym floor, ball courts, and repaired
carpeting. Edgerton -- renovated exterior of building, interior
restrooms, fire escapes, and storm drainage system. South
Avenue -- installed new gym floor, room dividers, and security
gates. Carter Street -- repaired furnace, kitchen, and locker
room showers, handicap access improvements, and renovated
ball field, and ball court. Danforth Senior Citizen Center
-- handicap access improvements, and renovated interior of
senior citizen center.
Project Sponsor: Schenectady
Project Name: Rotundo Park and Quackenbush
Park
Federal Share: $467,500
Fiscal Year: 1979
Description: Renovated swimming pools and
bathhouses.
Project Sponsor: Schenectady
Project Name: Iroquois Lake Swimming Area
Federal Share: $170,000
Fiscal Year: 1983
Description: Renovated swimming area and
dike, installed a chlorination system.
Project Sponsor: Schenectady
Project Name: Parks Partnership Program
Federal Share: $17,500
Fiscal Year: 1992
Description: Project located at Jerry Burrell
Park in the Hamilton neighborhood. New recreation programs
was implemented, and two summer recreation leaders positions
was funded. In addition, recreation play equipment was purchased,
and special events and public awareness program was funded.
Project Sponsor: Syracuse
Project Name: Schiller Field House
Federal Share: $212,500
Fiscal Year: 1979
Description: Handicap access improvements,
and electrical system was repaired.
Project Sponsor: Syracuse
Project Name: Southwest Community Center
Pool
Federal Share: $340,000
Fiscal Year: 1980
Description: Handicap access improvements,
repairs to inteior and exterior of facility, and a new roof
was installed.
Project Sponsor: Syracuse
Project Name: Frazer Pool and Bathhouse
Federal Share: $637,500
Fiscal Year: 1983
Description: Renovated swimming pool, bathhouse,
parking area, deck, spray pool, and installed new fencing.
Project Sponsor: Syracuse
Project Name: McKinley Park Bathhouse and
Pool
Federal Share: $175,000
Fiscal Year: 1991
Description: Renovated swimming pool, bathhouse,
and parking area.
Project Sponsor: Syracuse
Project Name: Southwest Community Recreation
Partnership
Federal Share: $80,842
Fiscal Year: 1992
Description: Implemented new recreation programs
at center. In addition, a program coordinator was hired, and
recreation, arts and crafts, and basebal equipment was purchased.
Project Sponsor: Syracuse
Project Name: Creative Recreation Skill Building
Federal Share: $50,000
Fiscal Year: 1994
Description: This project was located at
three recreation centers - Wilson, Westmoreland, and Seals.
Each center has a unique fitness facility and computer lab
for recreation and computer skill building activities. The
primary focus of this project was to provide economically
disadvantaged youth the opportunity to experience recreation
and computer skill building activities.
Project Sponsor: Syracuse
Project Name: Wilson Park and Recreation
Center
Federal Share: $280,000
Fiscal Year: 2002
Description: Upgrade interior of recreation
center to meet ADA requirements. Relocate playground and install
new playground equipment in another part of the park.
Project Sponsor: Utica
Project Name: Chancellor Park
Federal Share: $102,850
Fiscal Year: 1979
Description: Renovate walkways, tennis courts,
shelter, and shuffleboard area. Installed new lighting, and
drainage system.
Project Sponsor: Utica
Project Name: Chancelolor Park
Federal Share: $232,622
Fiscal Year: 1979
Description: Developed programming for senior
citizens and visually disabled citizens. Improve handicap
access, and replaced picnic tables, playground equipment,
and kiosk.
Project Sponsor: Utica
Project Name: Corn Hill Recreation Sites
Federal Share: $114,750
Fiscal Year: 1980
Description: Converted vacant lots into recreation
sites. Installed new playground equipment, above ground swimming
pool, picnic tables and benches, barbeques, and walkways.
Project Sponsor: Utica
Project Name: Community Interaction
Federal Share: $144,500
Fiscal Year: 1982
Description: A multi-faceted recreation program
was developed for handicap children and young adults utilizing
the facilities at Chancellor Park. Renovations included the
restrooms, electrical and plumbing, new windows, and costs
associated with recreation programming and implementation
of those programs.
Project Sponsor: Utica
Project Name: Nine Recreation Sites
Federal Share: $150,000
Fiscal Year: 1984
Description: O'Connor Park -- renovated ballfield,
field house, and parking area. Hirt Park -- renovated wading
pool and comfort station. Lincoln Park -- renovated comfort
station, wading pool, ballfield, installed new benches and
fencing. Quinn Park -- renovated ballfield and ball court.
Goldbas Park -- renovated ballfield, swimming pool, and comfort
station. Installed new benches, bleachers, and fencing. Pixley
Park - renovated comfort station and wading pool. Seymour
Park - renovated wading pool and ballfield. Wankel Park -
renovated ballfield. Watson-Williams Park -- renovated comfort
station and wading pool.
Project Sponsor: Westchester County
Project Name: Bronx River Reserve and Lenior
Nature Preserve
Federal Share: $206,775
Fiscal Year: 1979
Description: Bronx River Reserve - renovated
outdoor spaces. Lenior Nature Preserve -- renovated preserve
grounds and buildings to provide an urban nature center.
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