The city will fully rebuild the Brownsville Recreational Center in Brooklyn and hire more than 200 maintenance workers to help clean up parks, officials said Wednesday.

The $160 million renovation will provide Brownsville residents with a “brand new, state-of-the-art recreation center,” Mayor Eric Adams said at a news briefing.      

An additional $15 million, meanwhile, will go toward hiring 240 full-time Parks Department staffers to work a second cleaning shift at 62 parks throughout the five boroughs, he said.

The new staffers will work from Thursday to Monday, tackling park cleaning, bathroom maintenance and rodent mitigation, City Hall said in a news release.

The Brownsville Recreation Center first opened to the public in 1955, the release said. In 2016, the city said the center would undergo a $20 million partial renovation, but preliminary work “found significant damage and deterioration requiring a partial closure (including the indoor pool and the gymnasium) and a complete demolition and reconstruction of the center,” the release added.

“When we started to do the renovation, and there were some real foundational issues here, people thought we were going to walk away. We were clear, we were not. We know what this community, what this center means,” Adams said. “This is in line with our mission. Create an environment that's safe, to make this city more livable for working people, and affordable.”

The new center will be designed with “extensive input” from the Brownsville community, and the Parks Department and city Department of Design and Construction will work together to build the new space “quickly and cost-efficiently,” the release said.  

While the center is closed for the "multi-year" renovation, the city says the Parks Department will set up temporary spaces in Brownsville so people will still have access to classes and resources.

“Our rec centers, like this one, provide New Yorkers with places to play, to learn, and get exercise. They're also, importantly, incredible community hubs that support the social fabric and culture of our neighborhoods,” Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue said at Wednesday’s briefing.

“Likewise, our clean parks play a critical role in keeping communities safe. A clean, welcome park generates positivity and sends the message that our city cares,” she added. “These aren't luxuries only for some communities. We know they are necessities for all New Yorkers.”