This past Saturday, April 22nd, 2017, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway) joined Queens Borough Parks Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski in officially opening the Beach 59th Street Playground for the 2017 summer season. “This is such a beautiful park,” said Pheffer Amato. “Our home is 30 blocks from here; we often come here with our two kids. I got to talk to the Commissioner about our district Parks priorities for this coming year, and I met with some great neighbors. Saturday reinforced for me how central our beautiful and versatile Parks are to our lives on the Rockaway Peninsula.”