P.S. 10, a Magnet School for Math, Science and Technology, located at 511 7th Avenue (between Prospect Avenue and 17th Street), is opening its new barrier-free playground, which will be open to the public each school day until dusk.

Barrier-free?

That means the playground gives access to the school’s  children with physical challenges as well as to families
in the community at-large. Their old playground equipment was inaccessible to
many of its students until now.

P.S. 10’s playground was funded by a lead grant of $250,000 from the office of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, the New York City School Construction Authority and funds provided by P.S. 10 students, families and alumni.

"New York City’s Best Public Elementary Schools: A Parents’ Guide" by Clara Hemphill calls PS 10 a notable school. The  school received an "A" on the 2008 New York City Department of Education school progress reports. Interestingly, the school has educational partnerships with The Metropolitan Opera, Education Française à New York, New York University and others.

Marty Markowitz will be on the scene today at 12:45 pm.