Ribbon Cut on Printers Park in the South Bronx

The park’s play equipment is modeled after a rotary printing press with graduated steps that mimic the cylinders of the press. A white concrete pathway that runs throughout the site evokes the continuous roll of paper that was fed through the press.

“Thanks to $1 million allocated by Council Member Maria del Carmen Arroyo, Printers Park has been revived with exciting new amenities including imaginative printer-themed play equipment, a spray shower that recycles water runoff, and nearly 30 trees that will provide shade and clean the air we breathe,” said Commissioner Benepe. “Visitors to this park can learn about Richard March Hoe, who lived at this site in the 19th century and forever transformed the newspaper industry with his invention of the world’s first rotary printing press in 1846.”