Upgrades to Washington Market Park, a carousel at the Battery, a new park at Canal Street and play spaces at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge are among 13 park and open-space projects, most south of Canal Street, that will be funded by a $25 million grant from the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation.

The 13 projects include new green spaces and recreational areas as well as upgrades to existing parks. Eight are scheduled to be completed within a year, and the rest within two years.

“The quality of life for Lower Manhattan residents will be immeasurably improved by all this green space,” said Judy Duffy, assistant district manager of Community Board 1.

Details are still being worked out, but these are the preliminary plans and approximate funding allotments for the projects below Canal Street.
Washington Market Park. Replace the irrigation system, aerate tree roots, paint the fence and repair the retaining wall. $350,000.

Triangle Park at Canal, Varick and Laight streets. Work on this new park had already begun, but the plans will be enhanced and will reinstate a fountain that had been considered too expensive. $700,000.

Tribeca Park. Add planting beds and seating to the small park at West Broadway and Beach Street.
Battery Bosque. Add a carousel, a fountain and new ornamental gardens and lighting. $8.5 million.

Bowling Green Park. Build a sidewalk, add benches, restore the fence and repair the pavers on the outer walkway. $300,000.

Wall Street Triangle. Create a new park, with grass, trees and benches, between Water and South streets. Eliminate eastbound traffic between Water and Front streets and westbound traffic between Front and South streets to add park space. $800,000.

Coenties Slip. Level the road and add greenery and benches between Pearl and Water streets, across from Vietnam Veterans Memorial Plaza.

Old Slip. Create a public plaza, repair the street, add trees and lighting and possibly restore the fountain on the west side of the landmark Police Museum building.

Brooklyn Bridge Plaza/Drumgoole Square. When the Police Department stops using the Brooklyn Bridge Plaza as a parking lot, in four to six months, add plantings and benches, build a skate park, a dog run, and maybe a youth roller hockey rink and volleyball courts, and fix the basketball courts. The renovation of Drumgoole Square, which was already planned for the summer, will be enhanced. $1.5 million.

Several parks on the east side between Canal and Houston streets will also get makeovers. Asphalt will be replaced by artificial turf at Sara D. Roosevelt and Columbus parks, four dirt ballfield in East River Park will be resurfaced with grass or turf and Al Smith Playground will be upgraded.