Long-Shuttered Bed Stuy Ice Rink Could Reopen Next Winter

As new ice skating rinks pop up all over the city, Bed Stuy will not be left out in the cold. The Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation and the Bed-Stuy Gateway Business Improvement District said they hope to reopen a rink at Restoration Plaza that has been shut down for more than 20 years, The Wall Street Journal reported.

The city Department of Small Business Services plans to announce today that it has awarded a $50,000 grant to the project, which will probably cost about $300,000 in total. Project organizers said they hope to open the rink in a year.

The rink at Fulton Street and Marcy Avenue was built as part of the area’s 1960s revitalization project spearheaded by then U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy. The rink closed sometime before 1989, said the story. Above, the recently revamped Restoration Plaza. Click through to the Journal story to see the defunct ice rink.

Plan for Bedford Stuyvesant Rink Sharpens Interest in Ice Skating [WSJ]
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