Join your neighbors at tonight’s launch event for the Friends of Transmitter Park, a new advocacy group formed to support the recently opened 1.6-acre public park located in Greenpoint along the East River, on West Street, between Kent Street and Greenpoint Avenue.
The launch party will be at Red Star Bar, at 37 Greenpoint Avenue, at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5.
WNYC Transmitter Park — named after the two radio towers that broadcast WNYC radio from 1937 to 1990 — opened in August of 2012 after a $12 million renovation project added more greenery, an esplanade, a playground, benches, restored wetland, spray shower, nature gardens, and a pier at Kent Street.
The former ferry terminal was transformed as part of the rezoning of Greenpoint and Williamsburg in 2005 to increase waterfront access.
The park was championed for years by residents and area politicians as much-need park ground and waterfront access for Greenpointers.
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