Photos by Steven
Workers arrived this morning around 8 and began milling the multipurpose courts in Tompkins Square Park...
As we've been reporting for the past 13 months, the Parks Department will reconstruct these multipurpose courts along 10th Street and Avenue A, adding various amenities, including a two-lane seal-coated walking loop and new asphalt.
This spot (aka TF) is considered hallowed ground for skaters, where generations have used this space since the 1980s. (It has been called "the last great meet-up spot for skateboarders and their friends in New York.") 
According to a landscape architect with the Parks Department (from a presentation in February), there's a lot of "asphalt structural damage," and it "needs to be replaced and repaired. And the only way to do that is to take all the asphalt down to the sub base and put new asphalt down."
Posted signage states the work will occur between Oct. 16 and Dec. 1.
Skaters are worried the new asphalt will be either too soft or hard for skating, turning this into a useless spot.
This is the second significant reconstruction currently underway in Tompkins Square Park. Work on renovating the field house began in May... with a September 2024 completion date.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Anyone know why all the lights have been out in the park the last two nights?
ReplyDeleteThe park lights are on during the day, so there must be a mixup somewhere.
ReplyDeleteI see that the skateboard ramps have been moved by the Parks Dept. for safekeeping. They are in the area behind the office which is fenced off during the rehab of the office and bathrooms.
ReplyDeleteAnyone know why the gates on the park outside the F train are closed before it's even evening? They let these restaurants take all of the public space once again, they act like it's the private park of the food hut.
ReplyDeleteWhat can we do to stop the dumb walking track that will ruin the surface for skaters and ball players? Can we start a petition and stop this? They can just pave the whole thing, they don't have to install a walking track.
ReplyDeleteLook at the plan. Walking track will be painted on.
DeleteRe the walking track: I don't have specific information on this, but wonder if it is intended for our elder neighbors. Walking on battered, uneven and sometimes chaotic sidewalks presents real risk if you are fragile and/or balance-challenged. I would hope there is a willingness to share our public spaces so that healthy recreation is available for all.
ReplyDeleteNow what just a minute 10:13, nobody asked for common sense, logic and thinking about someone other than yourself! Sheesh.
ReplyDeleteThank God we will have a sealed walking track now.
ReplyDeleteFinally, somewhere I can walk and not trip!
ReplyDeleteIt appears that most of the walking tracks at NYC playgrounds are merely painted on, with paint that can be slippery when wet.
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