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 ...

11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Join NYC Parks for a colorful and hands-on Sugar Skull Art Workshop where you’ll transform a traditional sugar skull into a one-of-a-kind work of art.

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 ...

Utopia Playground features lush plantings, a reflective rainbow playground fence, a new wall-climbing unit, cushioned safety surfacing and other innovative play structures for kids of all ages. In ...

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.

This unique patch of greenery in Staten Island is many things to many people. With protected space for wildlife alongside its variety of recreational facilities, Willowbrook is one of Staten Island's ...

Adam St., Court St., Cadman Plaza West bet. Johnson St. and Fulton St.

A mix of natural treasures and man-made prizes, Forest Park is 500+ acres of options for visitors. With a “knob and kettle” terrain (a series of small hills) and 165 acres of trees, the park is an ...

Irving Square Park can be described as Bushwick's town square. This park takes up the entire length of a city block, and is popular with picnickers, dog owners, and families holding events and ...

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 ...

One of Brooklyn’s hidden bastions of wildlife, Fresh Creek Park contains 42 acres of salt marsh. Plants such as Faber’s foxtail and velvetleaf flourish, and many species of birds, butterflies, and ...