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BY KEVIN DUGGAN
They crossed the fi nish
line, in record time!
City green thumbs
opened the new track and
fi eld inside Williamsburg’s
McCarren Park almost two
months ahead of schedule,
delighting athletes who
spent much of the last year
sprinting around other
loops after offi cials began
work on the new facilities.
“It’s awesome, it’s great
to see everyone out here,”
Williamsburg jogger Kim
Strafella told this newspaper
on a recent visit to the
Lorimer Street green space
between Driggs Avenue and
Bayard Street. “It’s nicer to
be outside, the weather is
warming up. It’s nice to see
people out here playing soccer
and football — it’s nice
to see kids playing.”
Department of Parks
and Recreation workers last
March shuttered the track
and fi eld for their $4-million
makeover, which offi -
cials then said would conclude
a year later.
But in late January, the
city surprised local fi tness
fanatics by unveiling the resurfaced
rubber track and
newly installed artifi cialturf
soccer pitch, along with
new adult-fi tness equipment,
a misting station,
water fountains, bleachers,
benches, and planters, said
Parks Department rep Maeri
Ferguson.
And later this spring,
agency workers will install
goal posts on either end of
the fi eld, according to Ferguson,
who said the project
funded by the mayor’s
offi ce also fi nished on budget.
Williamsburg residents
aren’t the only ones rushing
to see the new running oval
— the refurbished track is a
draw for sprinters from surrounding
neighborhoods
who lack such training facilities,
said a long-distance
runner who jogged from his
Bushwick home to check
out the loop on a friend’s
recommendation.
“This track is nice,”
Nicholas Gomez said on this
newspaper’s recent visit to
the park. “I usually run at
the Ridgewood Reservoir —
it’s the closest thing that’s
not a track that I can fi nd
that’s like a track.”
— with Natallie Rocha
Fast tracked!
NOW OPEN: The city reopened
the new facilities almost two
months ahead of schedule, to
the delight of local athletes.
Daniel Avila / NYC Parks
JOLLY JOGGER: Runner Nicholas Gomez ran all the way from his Bushwick home to test out the new
track, which he gave an enthusiastic thumbs up. Photo by Natallie Rocha
Offi cials reopen McCarren Park’s refreshed
track and fi eld months ahead of schedule