NYC Parks

Teens Greening the Highline

March 27, 2013, 11:12 pm

Ten teenagers from the Highline Green Corps program, as well as park volunteers, are planting trees and plants on the Highline in Chelsea from March 27 to 29.

Green-Wood Attempts to Revive Cemeteries as Parks

February 6, 2013, 7:00 am

For New Yorkers constantly on the go, the city’s parks are a place to unwind, exercise, and take in a little bit of nature amid the concrete jungle. But what about making a [...]

40 Years in the Making, FDR Park Opens

October 18, 2012, 7:28 pm

At the southernmost tip of Roosevelt Island, in the East River, the Franklyn D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park Dedication Ceremony held Wednesday morning was packed with big [...]

Sexual Assaults in NYC Parks Prompt Crackdown

October 9, 2012, 11:19 pm

Recent sexual assaults in Central Park and Hudson River Park have prompted public officials to call for a crackdown on perpetrators.

Fall Fitness for Seniors in New York City Parks

September 6, 2012, 4:32 pm

Free tennis lessons, yoga instruction, and fitness walking sessions will be available in 13 city parks for New Yorkers aged 60-plus, starting Sept. 24. The City Parks [...]

Bronx Park History Preserved on Digital Postcards

September 3, 2012, 5:06 pm

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 [...]