NYC recreation center named after first Black congresswoman gets groundbreaking in East Flatbush
Residents of Brooklyn’s East Flatbush neighborhood will soon have a new place to swim, run, gather and learn across 62,000 square feet in the heart of an area known as “Little Haiti” for its large Haitian population.
On Monday, Mayor Eric Adams and other city officials are set to break ground on a $141 million recreation center named after Shirley Chisholm, the late congresswoman and presidential candidate from Brooklyn who was the first Black woman ever elected to Congress.at 3002 Foster Ave.
The facility could prove to be a pillar in the neighborhood, whose 67th precinct experienced a spike in shootings during the pandemic, NYPD data shows. While those numbers have been decreasing in the last few years,Other local officials slated to join Mayor Adams at Monday’s ceremony include Bichotte Hermelyn, City Councilmember Farah Louis, Deputy Mayor Meera Joshi, City Department of Design and Construction Commissioner Tom Foley and City Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue.
A New York state investigation in the 1990s found that 11 patients, including five newborns, had been harmed while under the care of an OB-GYN named Thomas J. Byrne. Health officials revoked his license. How was he able to keep practicing elsewhere?Louis C. HochmanGothamist is a website about New York City news, arts, events and food, brought to you by New York Public Radio.
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