Updated: Jun. 02, 2021, 6:21 p.m. | Published: Jun. 02, 2021, 5:46 p.m.

By Giavanni Alves | GAlves@siadvance.com

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. –– For nearly 20 years Fairview Park was a mere idea, something promised and never delivered –– until now.

City parks and elected officials gathered with community members Wednesday at the sprawling 23.5 acre recreational complex in Charleston to celebrate what Borough President James Oddo described as “one of the greatest Parks days in Staten Island history or the greatest Staten Island day in Parks history.”

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