Join NYC Parks in October for pumpkin patches, arts & crafts, and jumbo games! Wear your best costume and get ready for the ...

Our urban forest is alive — and growing. Trees Count equips us with information vital for its well-being and care. Every ten years, we take stock of every public tree across the five boroughs. Our ...

E 17 St. between LIRR-Bay Ridge & Foster Ave; Glenwood Rd. between Coney Island Ave & E 23 St.

This popular park in the middle of the East Village is a perfect centerpiece for its eclectic neighborhood, which houses artists, radicals, fashion lovers, and those who have lived in the neighborhood ...

After its acquisition on September 13, 1897, St. James Park emerged from its humble beginnings as a low, marshy land to a vibrant park boasting nearly a dozen acres of land through gradations of soil ...

This lush plaza with rows of plantings in the heart of downtown Manhattan was bought by the City in 1810 for only $3950. Today it's a place for sitting, walking, public art, and a source of shade and ...

Named for Calvert Vaux, an English architect who spent 40 years of his career in New York City, mostly working alongside Frederick Law Olmsted and designing numerous public spaces, the park is a ...

Description: Triumphal arch; bas-relief figures in spandrels on south face; seal of city of Brooklyn and seal of New York state in spanrels on north face; sixteen medallions, four on each of the pier ...

After passing through a succession of owners during Dutch and British occupation, this property was part of a larger estate purchased in 1714 by the Hooper family. The estate remained in the family ...

This park is named in honor of Luther Gulick and his nephew, also Luther Gulick. The elder Gulick is widely known as the Godfather of Basketball, and the younger was the former president of the ...

Although widely known for its beautiful pool, the oldest and largest in the city, Astoria Park offers more than aquatic pleasures. Outdoor tennis courts, a track, a bandstand, multiple trails, ...

This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park. What was here before? This was the site of Seton Hospital, a tuberculosis hospital, which was opened in ...