Padre Plaza
Padre Plaza honors Father Roger Giglio (1943-1990), founder of St. Benedict the Moor Neighborhood Center. A native of Wob...

Parade Ground
The Van Cortlandt Park Parade Ground has been a center of activity for centuries. The Wiechquaeskeck tribe of the Lenape nati...

Parker Playground
Parker Playground, bounded by Castle Hill Avenue, Parker Street, and Purdy Street, has served as a play area for nearby Castl...

Parkside Playground
What was here before?This land was part of the former estate of Lorillard Spencer (1860–1912), a descendant of Pierre Ab...

Patterson Playground
What was here before? This site was formerly home to apartment buildings, small wood-framed residences, and a former school...

Pelham Bay Park
What was here before? The Dutch West India Company purchased this land from the Siwanoy, the original inhabitants, in 1639 ...

Pelham Bay Park - Glaciers of New York City
More than three times the size of Manhattan's Central Park, Pelham Bay Park is the City's largest park property. The park&rsq...

Pelham Bay Park - Invasive Phragmites
Around twenty thousand years ago, New York was buried beneath massive glaciers. When the ice receded, it left behind the char...

Pelham Bay Park - Salt Marshes in New York City Parks
Salt marshes play a critical role in the support of human life, acting as natural filtration systems by trapping pollutants th...

Pelham Bay Playground
This playground and the surrounding park honor Thomas Pell (1613-1669), an English physician who owned the eastern half of the...

Pelham Golf Course
Opened in 1901 as the Pell Golf Course, this was one of the earliest public golf courses in the nation; Van Cortlandt Golf Cou...

Pelican Bay Playground
Pelican Bay Playground is reminder of an old and nearly forgotten name for Hunter Island. It takes its name from the Pell fam...

Phyllis Post Goodman Park
Riverdale community leader Phyllis Post Goodman (1932-1995) received her Bachelor's and Master's Degrees from the City Univer...

Playground for All Children
This playground is one of several throughout the city aimed at providing a recreation area that all children, able bodied an...

Playground of the Stars
This playground takes its name from the four constellations engraved in the pavement near the site’s spray fountain. Th...

Poe Park
What was here before?Poe Cottage originally occupied a triangular plot where Kingsbridge Road turned east on the hill above wh...

Police Officer Hilario Serrano Playground
On January 31, 1992, Police Officer Hilario Serrano (1963-1992) was in the elevator of his mother’s building, on his way...

Pontiac Playground
Pontiac Playground is located north of P.S. 5 and east of Pontiac Place in the Port Morris neighborhood of the Bronx. Since t...

Printers Park
‘Tis pleasant, sure, to see one’s name in print” - Lord Byron This park pays tribute to three pionee...

Prospect Playground
What was here before? Tremont was formerly known as Upper Morrisania for the Morris family who owned the land. The neighbor...