Park planned in Greystone neighborhood of Yonkers

Ginsburg yonkers park Greystone — From left: Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano; Symra Brandon, director of community affairs for New York state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins; Yonkers City Council Majority Leader Michael Sabatino; GDC Principal Martin Ginsburg; County Legislator Christopher Johnson; and Steve Oakes of the New York State Parks Commission.

Ginsburg Development Cos. recently joined with Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano to unveil plans to create a park in the Greystone neighborhood that will link Warburton Avenue to the Old Croton Aqueduct State Trail.

The new park will feature a stairway and paths that will wind through the park, which will be landscaped with benches, gardens and shrubs. The park is set to open next spring.

The cost of the project, estimated to be approximately $1 million, would be shared equally by Ginsburg Development Cos. and the city of Yonkers with the developer doing the design and a portion of the construction work.

The property, a former development site, was clear cut during the last development boom, which led to mudslides and other neighborhood nuisances.