Friends of Bellerose Playground Committee

Chairperson:
Lourdes Hartrick


Board Members:
Roseann Reinhardt


Links:

Welcome to The Friends of Bellerose Playground

Picture
Friends of Bellerose Playground was created in 2014 by local community members and civic organizations.  It was started by a common wish in our community and that is to restore and upgrade the Bellerose Playground.  We are located in Bellerose, Queens, New York.

Bellerose Playground has been lacking in capital investment and slowly beginning to become worn and old.

We are coming together as neighbors to advocate for our park by reaching out to and working in conjunction with local elected officials, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. and the City of New York in order to see this dream become a reality.

Please join in this journey with your neighbors to make Bellerose Playground a playground that we can all be proud of.

See for yourself the pictures of our playground that show the damage and lack of maintenance >>>
Picture

Add Your Name To Our Petition

Please help us show our local elected officials, NYC Department of Parks & Recreation, and the City of New York that we are determined to restore and modernize our playground.

By adding your name to the petition you agree with the goals of Friends of Bellerose Playground to restore and upgrade the Bellerose Playground at P.S. 133 in Bellerose, Queens, N.Y. and that your information will only be used for the purpose of the mission and goals of the Friends of Bellerose Playground.

The more names added to this petition the better chances we have of getting adequate funding to get our playground restored.

Have your voice heard.

We will be regularly posting the amount of persons signed on to our petition.
    Thank you for adding your name to our petition!

Come Join Us

Our June 16, 2014 community meeting was a success. We thought we had a great turnout and hope that we can get even more residents in support of the Friends of Bellerose Playground.

A big THANK YOU to Marianne Sheridan, Principal of P.S. 133 for hosting this community meeting at the school.

We will be announcing our next community meeting date shortly. 

Thank you.

Below is the letter of support from Council Member Mark Weprin.

You can view it HERE in PDF format.
August 17, 2014
Bellerose Playground Spruce Up was a Success!
  • We had a great turn out at the Bellerose Playground Spruce Up hosted by Senator Avella.  We had many of our community members come out and join the Senator in Painting fences, playground equipment, benches, etc..

    Our gratitude to Senator Avella for sponsoring this event and for taking interest in our community and doing his part in making it a better place for all of us.  Gratitude also goes to Joe Block from Parks for providing the paint brushes, paint, gloves and guidance for this project.  We also wish to thank Principal Marianne Sheridan of PS 133 for hosting and coming out and helping with the painting.

    Thanks to all our community members that took interest in this project and actually came out to help. It was a lovely day for painting and being out doors.

    This event was a success.  If you have an opportunity, come out to the playground and see the great job that was done.

    Pictures of the event can be viewed HERE.

Latest News:

September 4, 2014
  • We are getting there! Councilman Mark Weprin was the guest speaker at the Bellerose Commonwealth Civic Association's Meeting and announced that he had procured $500,000. for our playground!  This along with Senator Avella's $250,000. for the Reading Garden should make for a better park.



June 16, 2014
  • Today we conducted our first community meeting at P.S. 133.  We thank all the residents that showed as well as all the guests from our elected officials office, parks, and civic groups. 
  • We are very happy to announce that Senator Avella has made available $250,000. to create a reading garden within the Bellerose Playground! Our appreciation to Senator Avella for providing that funding.
  • Mark Weprin's office also sent a letter of support for our cause. He has requested funds for our project. You can view the letter HERE. Our gratitude to Mark Weprin.



June 7, 2014
  • We will be conducting our first community meeting to kick off our long needed project of upgrading and modernizing the Bellerose Playground. The Meeting will be held on Monday June 16, 2014 at 7:00 P.M. at PS 133.  All Bellerose residents are encouraged to attend this important meeting. Please add your name to our petition located on this page.
  • Click HERE for flyer.



June 3, 2014
  • On-Line petition added to this site.  Please add your name to our petition.  The more names we have the bigger the statement we can make.


June 1, 2014
  • This website was born. The goal being to have a central location for all our community members to keep up to date with the progress that is being made. This website is a work in progress.


May 31, 2014
  • Bellerose Playground visited by the Parks Committee from Community Board 13



May 8, 2014
  • First visit to Bellerose Playground with CB13 representatives, Parks & Recreation representative, community and civic members and leaders.