Draft:Fermi Playground


Fermi Playground is a municipal park in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City. It is located between Troutman Street on the northwest to Starr Street on the southeast, and Wilson Avenue on the northeast to Central Avenue on the southwest. It is owned and operated by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.[1]. The playground is 1.06 acres (0.43 ha). In addition to a playground structure, it features a swing set, basketball and handball courts, chess tables, a restroom facility, and a flagpole[2].

The park is named after physicist Enrico Fermi and was opened in 1969. It hosted gatherings for the consumption and replenishing of a perpetual stew in the summer of 2023[3][4]

References edit

  1. ^ "Fermi Playground | NYCommons". nycommons.org. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  2. ^ "Fermi Playground". NYC Parks. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  3. ^ Allen, Kelsey (2023-06-28). "A New Stew Meetup in Brooklyn Serves 25-Day-Old Forever Soup". Thrillist. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  4. ^ "Perpetual Stew Night in Bushwick is a Hearty Bowl of Never-Ending Hilarity". BKReader. 2023-07-13. Retrieved 2024-01-15.