Yet another deadline for completion of the Williamsbridge Oval Park Recreation Center has come and gone and it’s now unclear when it will be open to park goers. The Norwood park’s rec center has been closed for renovations since April 2010.

The first delays came in the fall of 2010 from snags in the permit approval process. While the park’s revamped playground officially opened last summer (though the basketball courts only recently became usable), the plumber working on the Rec Center defaulted. As a result, park officials said the opening would be pushed back to this spring. That deadline passed with the official beginning of summer last week.

The rec center, the third phase of the Williamsbridge Oval Park renovations made possible through mitigation funds associated with the building of the Croton Water Filtration Plant in Van Cortlandt Park, is set to be fully American Disabilities Act compliant and include upgraded bathrooms. Although the building reportedly reached 70 percent completion back in June 2011, the construction site now appears dormant.

The delays in construction have been a constant source of frustration for park activists.

“We can’t go another summer without bathrooms, a rec center, and, most importantly, on-site staff,” said Eileen Markey, a member of the volunteer organization Friends of Williamsbridge Oval.

The popular park is often host to many community events, including last week’s concert (see sidebar), a part of the Make Music New York project celebrating the first day of summer. Unfortunately, the event did not coincide with the opening of the rec center, as many residents had hoped.

The Parks Department, however, insists that work is still being done.

“Construction on the interior bathrooms is complete, and the exterior bathrooms will be complete after the bathroom fixtures are installed,” a Parks spokesperson said. “We are currently cleaning the interior spaces of the recreation center, and intend to have the building open later this summer.”

The Parks Department website, however, currently lists the anticipated date for completion as fall of this year.