In honor of the country’s oldest holiday, New York City Recreation Parks announced that numerous parks across the five boroughs will be renamed in honor of famous historic Black Americans.
WPIX 11 reported Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver made the announcement on Friday in response to recent protests over police brutality and racial injustice occurring all over the country.
The Parks Department will start with the creation of Juneteenth Groove at Cadman Plaza in Brooklyn.
“NYC Parks believes Black lives matter — our review of park names and the planting of our Juneteenth Grove is only the beginning of our renewed efforts to address inequities in our system for the city and for our employees.
We are doing this, if for no other reason than, our Black lives matter.”
