Last month Assemblymember Stefani L. Zinerman kicked off the re-imagining of the 13th Regiment Armory, a massive historic building in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn that’s the second largest armory in New York City.
Longtime Bed Stuy resident Donna Williams, 68, from Age Friendly Central Brooklyn, said she remembers going to a dance held at the armory as a high school teen. “I’m very excited about bringing the armory back as a place for the neighborhood,” said Williams.
“I feel blessed that I was elected and able to pick up the baton that was passed, this means so much to our community,” said Zinerman. The Marcus Garvey Armory, or the 13th Regiment Armory, was home to Union soldiers who fought in the Civil War and was originally designed in 1894. The soldiers themselves were essentially the city’s national guard.
Zinerman marveled at the sheer size of it, saying that it had an Olympic-sized pool, full sized bowling alley, shooting range and stables at one point. Though she doubts all of that can stay. She said ideally she’d like to see agriculture or a growing space focused on health and wellness included in what she imagines will be a lively recreational and arts space. Other ideas include a boarding school and housing for foster care children aging out of the system.
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