public parks

It’s not just about the erosion of public spaces or the rise in crime rates; it’s about the loss of a collective sense of right and wrong.

In the latest news surrounding the planned 91st St. garbage transfer station on the Upper East Side, Asphalt Green, a nearby sports complex, has come up with an alternative proposal to build public parks over the site.

She dedicated herself to repainting the graffiti-laden corner mailboxes in Hell’s Kitchen and watering the flowers of an abandoned lot on West 34th Street.

What was so unusual about a particular tree on the Lower East Side that for the past two weekends, it drew nearly 10,000 New Yorkers to it?

Baby giant pandas, rare okapis, and scarlet ibises are some of the animals that are featured on 450 historical postcards—dating from 1903 to the 1980s—that are now available online.

Rockaway children can finally run through a squiggly, mustard yellow, and fire-hydrant red playground that gently splashes cool water through its colorful tubes. The dream was delayed, but is now a reality.

New York City acquired the third and final section of the High Line from CSX Corporation Tuesday, allowing an expansion to the city’s most unique park.

Berlin’s former airlift airport will host Europe’s biggest Olympic festival outside the United Kingdom.

On a beautiful summer day, with the sun beaming down, New Yorkers gathered at Greenpoint in Brooklyn to celebrate the re-opening of historic McCarren Pool.

The first-ever I Love My Park Day will take place this Saturday, when volunteers across the state will be called upon to help beautify parks and historic sites.

The LowLine project, which seeks to utilize abandoned space for an underground park next to the Essex Street subway station on the Lower East Side, has raised more than $136,000 for a demonstration of the technology created to reflect sunlight below ground.

Elected officials broke ground on an almost $10 million restoration of Soundview Park’s wetlands, lagoon, and forests in the Bronx on Nov. 21.

The Epoch Times asks, which one among NYC’s more than 1,700 parks, playgrounds, and recreation facilities is your favorite?

Disney Shanghai got one step closer to reality this week when Disney Co. and the Shanghai government came to an agreement over the theme park’s development.

This Dutch author recounts his experience trying to take a stroll in a typical Dutch park.

Joggers are already huffing through the newest section of the 550-acre Hudson River Park that opened on July 23.