Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park, a West Harlem green space that was built in response to community allegations of environmental racism, is getting a $26 million makeover.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023., which commands dramatic views of the Hudson and the Palisades, was built atop a sewage treatment plant, making it the only park of its kind in the Western Hemisphere, according to environmental justice activists.
State parks officials said the park suffered from “age and heavy usage” as it is the most heavily trafficked state park in the city, with approximately 3 million visitors a year. On any given day, depending upon the season, the site is a bevy of activity – with swimming, skating, basketball, track and field training, soccer and football drills, outdoor concerts, picnics and a community garden – with picture-postcard views in nearly every direction.
Schramm said that although he and his family had moved further uptown and visited less often, he was happy to hear about the renovations.Schramm noted that the park had been built “as a sweetener” for the local community, which had maintained long-standing opposition to the construction of a sewage treatment plant. Environmental activists said the sewage treatment plant had not originally been slated for the area.
That indignity was compounded in the years after the plant was built, when area residents suffered from a stench emanating from the plant, which processes hundreds of millions of gallons of sewage per day. The administration of Mayor David Dinkinsas a result of a lawsuit and made needed improvements to the plant.
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