Pink Houses Open Space Visioning & Senior Fitness Hub

Spring 2019 - fall 2021

In 2019, OACNY partnered with East New York Restoration and the Pink Houses Tenant Association to help visualize a grassroots-initiated design for a new senior fitness hub on an exterior underutilized site at the Pink Houses public housing complex. Using feedback gathered from the community during a public visioning session and survey, OACNY created a design to assist East New York Restoration and the Pink Houses Tenant Association in gathering funding.

In 2020-2021, our community partners were able to procure funding to realize the Senior Fitness Hub. Colette Pean, Executive Director of East New York Restoration spearheaded the project from start through the ribbon cutting ceremony, along with Karen Caldwell, president of the Pink Houses Tenant Association. The work of architectural firm Studio 397 and construction firm Equest Builders Corp made this vision a physical reality.

Project Coordinator: Nate Heffron

Design Team: Vanessa Sanchez, Amy Leong

May 2019 Visioning Session Volunteers: Sierra Greggs, Tat Chan, Renee Barnes