Events

Officials from the NYC Parks Deparment and the Department for the Aging, along with council members started the Senior Swim...

June 28, 2012 marked the opening of Citywide outdoor pools. NYC residents splashed and dived their way into the refreshing...

The newly renovated McCarren Pool and Play Center opened on June 28, 2012. McCarren pool originally opened in 1936 as one of...

 

On June 23, 2012 Parks welcomed thrill-seeking New Yorkers to Adventures NYC, Parks’ 8th annual celebration of the...

Two newly renovated playgrounds opened at Tremont Park on June 22, 2012. The project included improvements of two playgrounds...

The 2012 Adidas Grand Prix, held at Randall's Island Park June 9, provided athletes and spectators with a day of fierce...

 

181 competitors from 17 schools throughout NYC participated in the 3rd Annual Paralympic Track & Field Event which was held in...

Dozens of kayaks, 70 canoes, and 170 paddlers participated in the Amazing Bronx River Flotilla on May 5, 2012. Paddlers made...

In 1912, Japan gave the United States thousands of cherry trees to celebrate their friendship. Over 2,000 of these trees were...

 

On April 2, Aziz Ansari, comedian and star of NBC's Parks and Recreation, joined the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation and...

On March 30, Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe joined Columbia University professors Gayatri Spivak and Kenneth...

On March 24, 2012, the annual Going Green in Queens conference was held at the Al Oerter Recreation Center. Hundreds of New...

 

On January 21, hundreds of New Yorkers braved the elements to check out the Bronx's second annual Winterfest Celebration, held...

On December 20, 2011, Commissioner Adrian Benepe joined Staten Island Deputy Borough President Ed Burke, former Staten Island...