HELL’S KITCHEN — Two dilapidated DeWitt Clinton Park staircases will be repaired and reopened thanks to funding from local elected officials, a city Parks Department spokeswoman said.
A $450,000 allocation from Councilman Corey Johnson and $500,000 from Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer will go toward revamping the two currently closed staircases on the western end of the park at West 52nd Street between 11th and 12th avenues, said spokeswoman, who noted the project is in "pre-scope phase."
The park staircases were in the running to receive $500,000 in funding during District 3’s participatory budgeting process this year, but didn’t garner enough votes.
“Repairing this entrance will make the park accessible to visitors and easier for children to enter on 12th Avenue,” a ballot posted on Johnson’s website prior to the vote said.
Brewer also allocated funding to a number of other projects in District 3, according to a release from her office:
► $100,000 to the Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation at 405 W. 55th St.
► $100,000 to replace a roof and windows at the Atlantic Theater Company building at 333 W. 20th St.
► $150,000 to renovate FIT’s School of Graduate Studies at 227 W. 27th St.
► $41,000 for an LED lighting system at the Home for Contemporary Theatre and Art at 145 Sixth Ave.
► $119,000 to the Hudson River Park Trust, to go toward the gates at Chelsea Waterside Park on Pier 40.
► $100,000 to Jazz at Lincoln Center at 10 Columbus Circle, for restroom upgrades.
► $250,000 to the Lesbian & Gay Community Services Center at 208 W. 13th St., for windows, facade and electronic key access.
► $90,000 to Manhattan Theatre Club at 261 W. 47th St., for a light-dimming system.
► $200,000 to the Muhlenberg Library at 209 W. 23rd St., for upgrades.
► $100,000 to the Roundabout Theatre Company at 229 W. 54th St., for fire and safety upgrades.
► $100,000 to The New 42nd Street at 209 W. 42nd St.
► $100,000 to 75 Morton Street School at 75 Morton St., for a green roof.
► $100,000 to City-As-School High School at 16 Clarkson St., for an engineering lab.
► $200,000 to the High School for Environmental Studies, at 444 W. 56th St., for rooftop garden enhancements.
► $100,000 to Independence High School at 850 10th Ave., for new portable science labs.
► $100,000 each to Manhattan Bridges High School at 525 W. 50th St., Landmark High School at 351 W. 18th St., Manhattan Business Academy at 351 W. 18th St., the Urban Assembly School for Design and Construction at 525 W. 50th St., and Quest to Learn at 351 W. 18th St. for classroom technology upgrades.
► $100,000 to NYC iSchool at 131 Sixth Ave.
► $100,000 to NYC Lab High School for Collaborative Studies at 333 W. 17th St. for locker replacement.
► $77,000 to the High School of Fashion Industries at 225 W. 24th St. for a gym upgrade.
