On June 6, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, along with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the City Parks Foundation, opened the $8 million CityParks Junior Golf Center, the first of its kind in the nation that is free of cost and open only to juniors ages 6 to 17. Adjacent to the Dyker Beach Golf Course, the facility has a six-hole golf course, practice putting green, chipping green, sand trap, covered driving range and a Clubhouse Learning Center with classroom space and full-time instructors.

Also on hand for the ceremony was State Senator Martin Golden, City Council Members Vincent Gentile and Domenic Recchia, Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe, David Rivel, Executive Director of City Parks Foundation, youth golfers from the CityParks Golf program and students from P.S. 229.