Photos and reporting yesterday by Stacie Joy
At the start of 2025, NYC Parks officials told us that the nearly 20-month renovations of the Tompkins Square Park field house were expected to be completed by the end of January or early February.
Now that we have entered March, and the fencing still surrounds the structure along the Ninth Street walkway, we asked for an update.
An NYC Parks official told us that the construction has been completed, and the Park staff is conducting final inspections.
There is no word on when that might be. The official said they are still working on scheduling a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the upgraded facility.
The reconstruction of the field house included a complete renovation of the building's interior and exterior, upgrading all mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems. Accessibility improvements feature reconfigured layouts, new entryways, ADA-compliant ramps, and renovated restrooms and maintenance areas.
The mayor's office funded the $5.6 million renovations, which were much needed because the field house rarely had heat or hot water. And you know what the restrooms looked like.
Previously on EV Grieve:
OK so here’s the million dollar question - how is the parks department going to keep the newly refurbished $5 million restrooms from becoming the junkie infested shooting gallery, disgusting mess that it was previously? Having a full-time bathroom attendant like Washington Square park would be a smart move and probably the only way to keep it from reverting back to the dangerous hole it was before the renovation. Let’s see what the “greatest city in the world’s” parks department decides to do.
ReplyDeleteasked myself that same question only yesterday when walking past - thinking, took them almost two years and it'll take maybe a week until we see the immediate decline...
DeleteAll my dreams fulfilled! I hope they let me cut the ribbon!
ReplyDeleteThey will never get rid of the junkies shooting up but since dope makes them chronically constipated at least they don't contribute to the horrible, foul stink that will inevitably begin to take up permanent residence two hours after the ribbon cutting ceremony.
ReplyDeleteAs a lifer here I have never used the TSP bathroom nor will I use it now. if I have to go, I will go to a bar, buy a beer and use their bathroom. EOS.
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