A yearlong study conducted by the New York City Parks Department has found that the Van Cortlandt Park Stadium has deteriorated to a point where it is “beyond repair,” and will need to be demolished.
The stadium was opened in 1939. People in the area have been raising concerns about its condition since at least 2006.
Marlisa Wise, the Park Department’s director of architecture, says they were hoping to find a way to fix the building and save it…