Events

The LeFrak Center at Lakeside is a year-round skating and recreational facility, featuring both an outdoor and an indoor rink...

North Brooklyn welcomes a new 7200-square-foot ice skating rink at McCarren Park.

A look at the transformation of a 192-acre Bronx landfill at Ferry Point Park from a dump to a Trump golf course.

 

NYC Parks cuts the ribbon on the newly accessible paths and added lighting through Highland Park and around Ridgewood...

A tour of Twin Islands with the Natural Areas Conservancy.

The Medieval Festival brings to life the Middle Ages in Fort Tryon Park, in the area surrounding the famous Cloisters. Visitors...

 

The 30th Annual National Night Out (NNO) took place on Tuesday, August 6, 2013. During National Night out, police precinct...

On July 13, park goers and music lovers flooded the Great Lawn in Central Park for the 2013 MLB All-Star Charity Concert...

In July, the Jamaica Bay Restoration Corps and hundreds of volunteers worked together to paint the jersey barriers that were...

 

On June 27, 2013, the start of the year’s pool season began with a celebration at the Thomas Jefferson Pool in East Harlem....

On June 6, NYC Parks Borough Commissioner Adena Long and Assistant Commissioner for Public Programs Annika Holder cut the...

Park and community officials, local residents and students from P.S. 16 gathered for the opening of the historic Carousel in...

 

After Hurricane Sandy devastated the 14 miles of Park’s beaches, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Commissioner Veronica White...

On May 22, the New York Junior Tennis & Learning (NYJTL) and the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation broke ground on the Cary...

The 14th Annual Amazing Bronx River Flotilla was also a celebration of the recent opening of Starlight Park, the newest park on...

 

On May 10, 2013, a new gem of the Bronx River, Starlight Park, opened as a reclaimed, reconstructed, and expanded park. A vital...

On May 3, 2013, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Kevin Jeffrey were joined by former...

On Saturday, April 27th, NYC Parks and Disney hosted Street Games, a celebration of outdoor sports and classic games from the...

 

On April 27, 2013 MillionTreeNYC hosted their annual Spring Planting event. Volunteers came together to plant 20,000 trees in...

Elected officials joined members of the Boerum Hill Association and Downtown Brooklyn Partnerships, and children from Strong...

One April 24 officials cut the ribbon on a section of the latest addition to Staten Island's parks, Goodhue Park. Goodhue was...

 

On April 23, 2013 the design for the new Imagination Playground at Betsy Head Park was unveiled. Imagination Playground at...

On Monday, April 22 Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Kevin Jeffrey joined Council Member Sara González and students from P.S. 169 to...

Local residents and elected officials gathered on Sunday to commemorate the renaming of Willow Lake Trail to the Pat Dolan...

 

An estimated 200 volunteers participated in NY Cares Day in Riverside Park to celebrate Earth Day. From planting to painting,...

On April 19, 2013 NYC Parks celebrated its 2nd annual Rising Stars Award Ceremony in the Prospect Park Picnic House. Rising...

On April 18th The Battery Conservancy celebrated the topping off and the unveiling of the last steel panel of the aquatic...

 

On April 11, 2013 New York Knicks City Dancers and former players John Starks and Larry Johnson joined Million Trees NYC to...

Officials and third grade students from PS 31 welcomed the latest addition to Blue Heron Park on April 9, 2013. The Tot Lot is...

On April 6, 2013 NYC Parks joined elected officials, community leaders and the North Riverdale Little League in a ribbon...