Slope's Armory Rec Center Delayed, Again

The Park Slope Armory, the 114-year-old former arsenal that underwent a $16 million make-over starting in 2007 to serve as a recreation center for the adjacent PS 107 and the community, has missed another scheduled opening, reports The Brooklyn Paper. The center, on Eighth Avenue between 14th and 15th streets, was slated to open last spring, and then this summer, and then today, the first day of classes. Even though the city and the Prospect Park YMCA, which will run the center, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony 17 months ago, construction and permit delays seem to be keeping the center closed. Thomas Sylvester, the director of the YMCA’s armory project, said We’re ready to go…as soon as the [construction work is fully] completed.” The remaining construction work includes some classrooms and bathrooms, he said. Cynthia Holton, the principal of PS 107, pointed out her school’s cement play area, which has been cut in half by construction, and said, We need the armory more than ever. The school doesn’t have a gym or auditorium, so the armory, when it finally does open, will provide a needed service to PS 107, other schools, and the community at large. GMAP
More Delays—Yes, More—for Slope’s Armory Rec Center [Brooklyn Paper]
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