Renovations on a popular Hyattsville park that has been closed for two years are nearly complete.

Located at 4203 Gallatin St., next to the Mount Hermon Masonic Lodge, Robert J. King Park has been closed since 2022 to install new playground equipment and pavilions and update stormwater and landscaping.

The park is normally heavily used by young children from nearby St. Jerome Academy and Hyattsville Elementary School, as well as those who live in Hyattsville’s Historic District and other nearby communities.

Based on community feedback, the design for the new park includes a nature-themed playground that uses more wood rather than plastic, shaded seating, two new pavilions, and picnic benches.

There’s also a long curved reading bench near the park’s Little Free Library set back among trees and shrubs and signs identifying native plants. A spot has been set aside for a future piece of public art as well.

Renovations were originally scheduled to be done by the spring.

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