Press Release: New York City Marathon: 10/29/21

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

   NYRR and The Trust for Public Land to Host Grand Opening of P.S. 223Q 
   Community Schoolyard to Kick Off TCS New York City Marathon Race Week

WHAT:
New York Road Runners and The Trust for Public Land celebrate their 
partnership to deliver state-of-the-art schoolyards that serve as community 
parks outside of school hours throughout the five boroughs with the opening 
of a newly refurbished schoolyard at P.S. 223Q The Lyndon B. Johnson 
School. Following remarks by elected officials and spokespeople, there will 
be a ceremonial ribbon cutting of the community schoolyard and students 
from P.S. 223Q will take part in a ceremonial first run.

WHO:
- Students from P.S. 223Q, The Lyndon B. Johnson School
- Donovan Richards, Queens Borough President
- Adrienne E. Adams, New York City Councilmember
- Vincent Sapienza, Commissioner of NYC Department of Environmental 
Projection
- Kerin Hempel, CEO of New York Road Runners
- Carter Strickland, Vice President, Mid-Atlantic Region of The Trust for 
Public Land

WHERE/WHEN:
Monday, November 1
PS223 The Lyndon B. Johnson School
125-20 Sutphin Boulevard Queens, NY 
9:45 a.m. – Media Arrival
10:00 a.m. – Ceremony Begins 

BACKGROUND:
100 million people in America-including 28 million kids-don’t have a park 
close to home. The Trust for Public Land has common-sense, cost-effective 
solution: Turn existing schoolyards into shared outdoor spaces. Through its 
partnership with NYRR, the two organizations are pursuing a common goal of 
making New York City better today in order to promise a better tomorrow. 
The organizations have partnered since 2016 to transform New York City 
community schoolyards into state-of-the-art, green, community playgrounds.

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