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PlaNYC 2030
NYC must plan for the next 25 years by addressing the physical barriers to maintaining and improving our quality of life...
Volunteer
Join community groups, participate in recreational programming, or work in planting and maintaining the city's greenspac...
NYC Water Trail
NYC Water Trail connects 160 square miles of rivers, bays, creeks, inlets and ocean for kayaks and openwater rowing.
Parks Monument Collection
Explore a catalog of permanent monuments in NYC Parks.
Spring Birding
The return of warm weather means the return of peak birding season. Find out what birds are nesting in your park!
Adopt-a-Park
Adopt-a-Park is
an innovative way for businesses, community groups, or individuals to help
maintain parks.
Public Art
Explore the temporary public art exhibits in the Parks and find information about permanent monuments.
Dogs in Parks
The Parks Department’s long-standing "courtesy hours" policy has been formally adopted.
Contribute
Learn about your options for giving to Parks & Recreation and help ensure a green New York for many years to come!
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Parks’ Pick
Adopt Your Free Tree!
1,250 free trees are looking for a home this May; will you answer their calls for companionship? MillionTreesNYC, BNP Paribas, and the New York Restoration Project will be on hand to help you select the perfect tree and introduce you to the basics of arboreal parenthood.
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The ArtsWhat's Happening in Parks:
Learn the secrets to having beautiful roses in your garden. This workshop offers practical advice on how and where to plant roses, which types can...
What's Happening in Parks:
Pinkster: Memorial Celebration of Pentecost
A memorial celebration of Pentecost in Colonial Brooklyn. FREE...
What's Happening in Parks:
Good Morning America Concert : Josh Groban
Live from the Good Morning America stage, some of the best acts in the world perform in the park throughout the summer.All concerts are free and...
What's Happening in Parks:
It's My Park! Day: Travers Park
This is an Immigrants & Parks Collaborative site. Join us for Family Day! Arts and crafts, a soccer clinic, mural painting, bilingual...
What's Happening in Parks:
Join certified yoga instructor Nancy Kaufman for yoga sessions overlooking our beautiful and inspiring woodlands. All fitness levels are welcome. Fee...
News
Mayor Bloomberg Launches Second Phase of “Schoolyards to Playgrounds” Project
New playground at P.S. 138 in South Bronx is first of 221 PlaNYC schoolyards citywide to be renovated and reopened as playgrounds by 2010.
A Million Ways to Get Involved with Million Trees!
Easy ways that YOU can make our city greener.
Umoja Garden Is Transformed into an Oasis of Learning
City Parks Foundation Opens New Learning Garden in Brooklyn
Greensward Exhibition On View
150 Years of Central Park History Documented through Photographs
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