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Concrete has also been poured up to the eighth floor, Kiefer said.

Initially, work was planned to end in 2024, but a new timeline from HSS shows a late 2025 end date.

As part of their community agreement, HSS is also planning new upgrades and improvements to the esplanade between East 72nd to 78th streets.

Those improvements include not just a new skybridge, but also an outdoor fitness center just north of the old Con-Edison building and a newly-landscaped esplanade.

That work is currently being put out to bid, but “unfortunately, we only received one bid back and need to go back to a few different companies and drum up some more interest to be able to award,” Kiefer said, adding that they hope to have a contract signed on by the end of the next quarter.

Once work on the esplanade begins, access could be restored as early as summer 2025, Kiefer said.

Esplanade Sinkholes

A number of sinkholes have notoriously popped up along the esplanade, many within the area where HSS is planning their improvements.

At the meeting, a Parks rep told the committee that the sinkhole repair work between East 76th and East 81st streets is also currently being bid out, with opening bids expected by early April.

The entire sinkhole work, according to Parks project manager Michael Bradley, should take about six to eight months and is expected to begin in late summer or early fall, in coordination with HSS and their own esplanade work.

This project will not be like the past “interim patches,” Bradley said, and the work will involve the actual seawall and drainage structures, in addition to replacing missing stones, expansion joints, missing seats and other infrastructure issues.

“The purpose of this contract is so that we don’t have to come back afterwards,” Bradley said.

John Jay Park

The $1.4 million mayoral-funded renovation of the pool deck and drainage system at John Jay Park is underway, said Parks Department manager Shena Kaufman.

Another project at John Jay — a resurfacing of the multi-purpose play area, is expected to begin later this spring.

One parent asked if the multi-purpose play area work could be delayed until after the school year ends, since “as you know, after school, that playground is packed,” but Kaufman said the work has to be done at the same time as the pool deck since the two projects share a contractor.

Kaufman added that the workers will attempt to perform the work in intervals to minimize disruption to the park. The resurfacing work should take about a month, Kaufman said, and said it was important that the work is done right above all other concerns.

Carl Schurz Park

For the second — or third time — the idea of a fourth pickleball court was shot down, as Parks officials first announced last September, citing the difficulties in getting the three current courts and not wanting to force other park users to further compete for space.

But Kaufman said that there could be space at Stanley Isaacs Playground for a few courts for pickle players.

Andrew Haswell Green Park

A long-requested installation of lighting was announced to illuminate the Alice Aycock sculpture on the upper level of the park.

Work will begin on March 25, and will take about the month. Parts of the upper level park area will have to be closed — each half for about two weeks at a time, said Robert McLean, regional manager at the Parks Department.

“We had we had wanted to light up the sculpture at night for a long time,” he said. “And now we will finally be able to do so. “

St. Catherine’s Park

The design for St. Catherine’s Park in Lenox Hill is “90-95 percent completed,” said Kaufman of the much awaited details for the renovation of the popular park and playground.

That design will be presented in April, Kaufman said.

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