Posted Apr 20, 2012, 1:05 AM
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http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/k...21lbLwGzwH9yAM
B'klyn Bridge Park project gets $40M from philanthropist
By RICH CALDER
April 19, 2012
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A Manhattan philanthropist is donating $40 million to the cash-strapped Brooklyn Bridge Park waterfront project to fill its greatest need: year-round recreation. Joshua Rechnitz, a 46-year-old competitive amateur cyclist and animator by trade, plans to bring a 115,000-square-foot enclosed field house for year-round sports to Furman Street off Pier 5 in Brooklyn Heights.
The moneyman spent the past few years searching citywide for the best location to build such a project before dishing out what officials say is the largest donation a city park has ever received. The field house would include a 200-meter inclined track for cycling, ball fields, a gymnastics area, a boathouse and courts for basketball, tennis and volleyball.
Rechnitz has set up a nonprofit to run the site, which he hopes to break ground on in 2014 and complete in 2016. The project has widespread Bloomberg administration support but must still seek various city approvals.
“We want this to truly be a community endeavor that will add amenities for park users and provide a much needed all-weather sports facility,” said Rechnitz.
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