NYC Initiative Soccer Field Opens at Triborough Bridge Playground
CDoyle On Tuesday October 17 from 3 to 5pm, the first of the NYC Initiative Soccer Fields will open. In our borough, the soccer field will be at the Triborough Bridge Playground (Hoyt Avenue and 21st st on the east side), so stop by to celebrate the grand opening with the Mayor’s Fund to Advance NYC, US Soccer Foundation, NYCFC, Etihad Airways, and Adidas.
NYC Soccer Initiative is a public-private partnership that aims to build, maintain, and program 50 mini soccer fields in underserved neighborhoods across the five boroughs by 2021.
Photo credit: Richard Khuzami
Clare Doyle
Clare Doyle is a graduate of the M.A. program in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester, UK. She also holds a Graduate Diploma in Library and Information Studies as well as a B.A. in Archaeology and History from University Dublin, Ireland. She has worked for 30 years in library reference publishing in New York. Clare is the Vice President of Green Shores NYC, a non-profit group that advocates for a cleaner, greener and more connected waterfront in Astoria and Long Island City
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