As we reported this weekend, a fire burnt much of PS 29′s playground early Sunday morning in Cobble Hill. Though we still don’t have answers to who did the deed, the school’s Principal Melanie Raneri Woods is promising a replacement of the equipment, according to The Brooklyn Eagle.

“The School Construction Authority and [non-profit group] Out2Play have agreed to replace it,” Woods said. “Andrea Wenner of Out2Play was already out here, and we spoke to the playground equipment people. Even the rubber matting will be replaced. That’s great news.”

So glad to hear it. Now let’s hope they won’t decide to lock the playground up after school and on weekends (though I guess I’d understand if they did). We love to use it for baseball, bikes, scooters, soccer, etc. With open space so hard to find, it would be a shame for one bad egg to ruin it for the rest of us.