More repairs for the Dry Dock basketball courts

Starting today, the Parks Department is closing the Dry Dock basketball courts for repairs.

As you may recall, the entire Dry Dock Playground here on Avenue D and 10th Street was closed for six months from July 2015 to January 2016 for a $1.5-million upgrade.

Apparently things weren't properly done the first time around. A rep for Councilmember Rosie Mendez's office said that she did a walk-through following the reopening and found several things that still needed to be repaired on the basketball courts. And now the Parks Department is just getting around to the work.

Repairs are expected to last a week.

A revamped Dry Dock Playground is back open

The Dry Dock Playground recently returned to action after nearly six months of renovations...





Amazingly enough, the $1.5-million project, which included refurbished basketball courts and additional security lighting, was finished ahead of its projected spring 2016 deadline. (The refurbishments did not include the pool.)

Meanwhile, making free throws against the backdrop of the Con Ed power plant still takes intense concentration...



Previously on EV Grieve:
The Dry Dock Playground is closed for reconstruction

The Dry Dock Playground is closed for reconstruction

[Photo in Tompkins Square Park from Saturday]

With the basketball courts still under renovation at Tompkins Square Park, an EVG reader headed over to Dry Dock on East 10th Street and Avenue D to shoot some baskets... only to discover that the Dry Dock Playground is closed for reconstruction too (the pool is open though) ...







Signs point to a Spring 2016 completion date...





Construction apparently started in the spring. Per the NYC Parks site: "This project will reconstruct the play equipment, security lighting, and miscellaneous site work at Dry Dock Playground." The price tag is at nearly $1.5 million.

As for Tompkins, we haven't heard about a new completion date. But it does appear that workers are making progress.