"Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday cut the ribbon 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 more than a decade of planning at a cost of $141 million. The 74,000-square-foot facility is the first new city-run recreation center built in 15 years and the first in central Brooklyn. Amenities include a competition-size pool, gymnasium, indoor walking track, classrooms, a teaching kitchen and a media lab. The center is low-cost for all and free for residents under 24. The facility sits within a 15-minute walk or transit ride of about 41,000 residents and is planned as the first of six new city recreation centers.
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