{"id":326908,"date":"2026-08-21T20:06:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T20:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/326908\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T20:06:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T20:06:42","slug":"new-playground-spray-shower-and-more-huge-upgrades-planned-for-staten-island-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/326908\/","title":{"rendered":"New Playground, Spray Shower and More: Huge Upgrades Planned for Staten Island Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A major upgrade is planned for Clove Lakes Park in Staten Island, including a new playground, spray shower, fencing and updated drainage systems. Borough President Vito Fossella and NYC Parks Staten Island Borough Commissioner Joseph Homsey announced a $5.7 million capital funding allocation for the renovation. The playground has not been renovated in decades, and the project will completely overhaul it with brand-new play equipment. The park also includes trails, sports facilities, baseball fields, a basketball court and the Staten Island War Memorial Ice Skating Rink.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A major upgrade is planned for Clove Lakes Park in Staten Island, including a new playground, spray shower,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[123011,123012,123013,9,24,63,134,136,135,4384],"class_list":["post-326908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-clove-lakes-park","tag-drainage-systems","tag-joseph-homsey","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news","tag-vito-fossella"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}