Join NYC Parks in October for pumpkin patches, arts & crafts, and jumbo games! Wear your best costume and get ready for the ...

11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Maintaining New York City’s urban forest is one of NYC Parks’ most important responsibilities. We are guided by our modern principles that help us handle tens of thousands of forestry-related service ...

This neighborhood park is bursting with activities. Groups of friends come out to play handball, basketball, or soccer, and plenty of kids cavort in its popular playground. Whenever it's hot out, ...

Travers Park, founded in 1948 and named in honor of Jackson Heights community leader Thomas J. Travers, was recently rebuilt to include a great lawn, surrounded with flowering trees, benches, and a ...

This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park. This park was named for the newspaper that was once published directly to its north. The City of New York ...

This park is named for Peter Gerard Stuyvesant (1778-1847) who was the co-founder of the New-York Historical Society and one of the richest men in America at that time.

8:45 a.m.–11:00 a.m.

This park is in the St. George neighborhood of Staten Island, directly bordering New Brighton to the west. Originally inhabited by the Lenape, the area remained largely rural into the 19 th century.

Queensboro Bridge, 41 Rd., 40 Ave. bet. The East River, Vernon Blvd., and 21 St.

This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park. James J. Byrne was born April 8, 1863 on Water Street in Brooklyn to Irish immigrant parents. He was ...

This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park. Coffey Park, like nearby Coffey Street, is named for Michael J. Coffey (1839-1907), the former state ...