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There's plenty of room to roam in the newly redesigned Betsy Head Park.

The 106-year-old Betsy Head Park is one of the largest public spaces in East Brooklyn. The landscape architecture firm Abel Bainnson Butz (ABB) oversaw the park’s redesign, seeking to “create a cohesive, inclusive and multi-generational park” for the 39,000 residents who live within a half-mile radius.

ABB worked with Brooklyn Community Board 16 and other local community organizations in designing a space to meet local needs. Among the unique features is a colorful, self-competitive basketball course.

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Betsy Head Park's redesign preserved some of the parks well-loved features and landscaping, while providing plenty of upgrades.

The northern side of the park houses a new event space with a small amphitheater, which can be used as an outdoor classroom for nearby schools as well as a farmers market.

The park's popular Imagination Playground was preserved to the joy of neighborhood children, while all visitors can undoubtedly appreciate the fact construction left the park's large trees untouched.

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Betsy Head's renovation added a skate park.

There are plenty of all-ages recreation opportunities here, too. A skate park, parkour course, and a traverse climbing wall provide challenges for older kids.

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Funding for the Betsy Head Park renovation is one of five project funded through the Anchor Parks initiative which prioritizes improvements in parks that are historically underfunded.

The southern side of the park, houses an Olympic-sized swimming pool, which is open seasonally. A four-lane running track, multi-use, synthetic-turf field, basketball and handball courts, the traverse wall, fitness equipment, game tables, and a new comfort station also find homes here.

In a press release ABB said, “The Mayor’s office chose this large 10.5-acre Brownsville park as part of a $150-million-dollar investment to provide transformative capital improvements to five large, regional parks across each of the five boroughs.”

Photos by Pavel Bendov courtesy of ABB and renderings courtesy of ABB