On July 6, 2010, Parks cut the ribbon on a transformed Robert Venable Park in Brooklyn. The park has been drastically transformed with new play equipment, a spray shower, and basketball, handball and volleyball courts. For the ceremony, NYC Parks was joined by the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association in honor of the park's namesake, Robert E. Venable, a New York City Transit Police Officer who was tragically killed in the line of duty.