Jackie Robinson Parkway
The New York City parkway system is the collective work of two prominent park minds of the modern age, Frederick Law Olmsted (...

Jackson Mill Green
This property takes its name from the nearby mill that ground wheat and corn for the residents of north Queens. The mill had ...

Jackson Pond Playground
This playground is named for Jarvis Jackson. Little is known about the life of Jackson, who was a former Park Superintendent ...

Jacob Riis Triangle
This tiny park is named in honor of Jacob August Riis (1849-1914), a crusading journalist, author, and photographer who lived ...

Jamaica Bay Park
Jamaica Bay is an 18,000-acre wetland estuary surrounded by the Rockaway Peninsula to the South, Brooklyn to the West, and Qu...

Jamaica Bay Park - Horseshoe Crabs in New York City
Every May and June, horseshoe crabs emerge from the sea onto the beaches at Jamaica Bay Park. Female horseshoe crabs arrive o...

Jamaica Playground
What was here before?This playground owes its name to the neighborhood in which it resides. Jamaica is the largest and most de...

James A. Bland Playground
What was here before? This area of Flushing, Queens was once inhabited by the Matinecock, a tribe of the Lenape. They were ...

Jayne Carlson Triangle
How did this site become a park? Forest Park, including this triangle, was acquired by the City of Brooklyn between 1895 an...

Jennings Park
Allyn Jennings (1892-1978) was a principal associate to Robert Moses (1889-1981). For 40 years, Robert Moses served as the &l...

Jimmy Sandorf Field
This field is named in honor of Jimmy Sandorf who lived several blocks away and regularly played baseball in this park. A memb...

Joe Michaels Mile
This path is named in honor of Joseph Michaels (1941-1987), a health activist and longtime resident of Queens.  Michaels ...

Joe Sabba Park
This quaint park is named after Joe Sabba (1916-1999), a war veteran and local activist who dedicated the greater part of his ...

John Adams Playground
This playground, like the adjacent High School, honors John Adams (1735-1826), the American patriot and the second President o...

John Golden Park
Known as "Mr. Bayside," John Golden (1874-1955) was recognized as the dean of Broadway producers and a patriarc...

John Riedl Wildflower Meadow
This feature of Alley Pond Park is named for Dr. John O. Riedl (1905–1992), who worked in the 1960s to preserve the park...

Joseph Austin Playground
What was here before? This area sits atop the terminal moraine, the end of steep glacier hills which accumulated rocks and ...

Joseph F. Mafera Park
For many years, this site has been called "Farmers Oval" in tribute to the Glendale Farmers Base Ball Club, a semi-professiona...

Joseph P. Addabbo Park
In the course of his 25 years in politics, Joseph Addabbo (1925-1986) won much respect from his colleagues, constituents a...