Gowanus Lounge has a progress report on construction work at the Park Slope Armory. He’s also got pictures. He’s got a photo, too. Go to GL for more story.

Work is going forward on the Park Slope Armory, and the facility seems to be on target to reopen as an athletic, recreational and education center in September. Local City Council Member Bill de Blasio estimates that the project’s cost will be $20 million
"when the smoke clears." (The original cost was said to be $16 million,
but Mr. DeBlasio used the $20M figure, so we’re not clear what wasn’t
included in the original estimate or what has changed.) The Armory is
located on Eighth Avenue between 14th and 15th streets. The renovated
facility will include track and field, basketball, volleyball, tennis,
gymnastics, badminton, boxing, fencing, judo, table tennis, tae kwon
do, handball, weightlifting, wrestling and aerobics. The renovated
facility also retains a women’s shelter. An RFP is going out soon to
select an entity to run the facility and everyone’s still trying to
find a balance between individual community users and use by schools
and youth leagues. The big redo is a partnership between Take the
Field, a nonprofit, and the Departments of Education (DOE) and Homeless
Services (DHS). The result should be a spectacular community facility
in the massive 110,000 square foot space.