Councilmember Sandra Ung (D-Flushing) introduced Monday that Leavitt Field in Flushing is slated to receive a $500,000 renovation.
Ung produced the announcement at a ceremony for Flushing Superior School’s varsity baseball group, which just lately won the Community University Athletic League Division AA championship and completed the time undefeated. Leavitt Discipline is their dwelling area.
“I am content I was in a position to fulfill the request of university officials and allocate dollars for this task,” reported Ung. “Hopefully when all of the work is performed, we will have a sporting activities discipline worthy of this title-profitable group.”
Ung allocated funding for the venture during the Town Council’s modern budget negotiations, on which Mayor Adams and the Council reached a offer June 10.
The field has both equally a soccer and baseball discipline and is employed by sports activities groups not only at the Flushing Large Faculty, but at Veritas Academy and Queens Higher Faculty for Language Studies, as effectively.
According to Ung’s workplace, the funding will be used to fix the turf fields, switch sections of fencing and address sinkholes and “ponding problems.”
The project is to be overseen by the College Building Authority. Kevin Ortiz, a spokesperson for the SCA, advised the Chronicle that no extra aspects on the renovation are available at this point.
“The up coming move includes the SCA scoping the undertaking and we will be ready to offer additional data when that is full, someday early next 12 months,” he wrote in an e-mail to the Chronicle.
Joe Gerloven, who coaches the Flushing Superior Faculty baseball team, explained to Ung’s place of work that the past major renovation to the intricate was in 2010.
