Join us on April 15th for a Town Hall meeting. There will be free childcare if you need it. There will be translation services as well.
Town Hall Meeting on April 15th at 7PM
“No cars in parks!”
Save the Travers Park Redesign!
Join us on Saturday March 30th at 11AM in Travers Park for a rally to keep Travers Park safe!
Letter to Koeppel Dealership
Travers Park Updates!
Friends!
We are very excited to announce that as of today, Monday January 28th, the first phase of the Travers Park/78th St Playstreet/Rory Staunton Field reconstruction project is now open to the public. Construction crews are removing some of the fencing, and portions of the newly renovated areas will be accessible to the public from 34th Avenue by the end of the day.
Some parts of the project including the new lawn, most of 78th St, and the Rory Staunton Field will remain closed for further work, which will be completed over the next few months.
Despite this week’s cold weather, this is an exciting day for our community as we begin to see the culmination of over a decade of hard work by the Jackson Heights Green Alliance and our many community partners and allies as we have fought to renovate Travers, create the 78th St Playstreet and purchase Rory Staunton Field for public use.
All of those partners and friends have been invaluable to this effort and we will thank them many times in the future.
But for today please take a moment to email or call City Council Member Daniel Dromm and thank him for his tireless advocacy and leadership. He has been, and remains, the single most important reason that Travers Park and its surroundings are now bigger and better than ever before.
And, finally, a heartfelt thank you all of you for your support as well.
Your friends at the Jackson Heights Green Alliance
We will miss you, Senator Peralta.
Together with our neighbors and fellow New Yorkers, the Jackson Heights Green Alliance (JHGA) mourns the sudden loss on November 21st of our New York State Senator José Peralta. Senator Peralta was our neighbor and he worked consistently to support JHGA’s decade-long effort to bring more green space and useable parkland to Jackson Heights. He also hosted many community events at the 78th Street Playstreet, including many back-to-school supply giveaways.
As a legislative sponsor of the NYS DREAM Act and a supporter of speed safety cameras in dense school zones, Peralta’s many community efforts will live on in his absence, as will his support for the newly designed and expanded Travers Park. The JHGA extends our heartfelt sympathy and a community embrace to José’s family.