"Mayor Zohran Mamdani cut the ribbon Monday on the Shirley Chisholm Recreation Center in East Flatbush, a $141 million project more than a decade in the making. The roughly 74,000-square-foot facility is the first new city-run recreation center built in 15 years and the first in central Brooklyn, according to the mayor's office. It includes a competition-size pool, gymnasium, indoor walking track, classrooms, a teaching kitchen, and a media lab."
"This center will remain low-cost to all New Yorkers and free to anyone under the age of 24, Mamdani said. Making New York more affordable also means government investing in spaces like this, where New Yorkers can learn, grow, and simply enjoy their time together. The center sits within a 15-minute walk or transit ride of about 41,000 residents. Mamdani called it a long-overdue investment in central Brooklyn and said it will be the first of six new recreation centers planned across the city."
The Shirley Chisholm Recreation Center in East Flatbush opened after a decade-long effort as a roughly 74,000-square-foot, $141 million facility. The center is the first new city-run recreation center built in 15 years and the first in central Brooklyn. Amenities include a competition-size six-lane pool with ramps, chairlifts, and stairs; a gymnasium; an indoor walking track; classrooms; a teaching kitchen; and a media lab. The center will remain low-cost for all New Yorkers and free to those under 24. It sits within a 15-minute walk or transit ride of about 41,000 residents. Officials framed the project as a neighborhood investment and a step to address Black family population loss.
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