List of New York City parks
This is a list of New York City parks. Three entities manage parks within New York City, each with its own responsibilities:
- Federal – US National Park Service (NPS) - both open-space and historic properties
- State – New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYSP)
- Municipal – New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR)
The city has 28,000 acres (113 km²) of municipal parkland and 14 miles (22 km) of public municipal beaches. Major municipal parks include Central Park, Prospect Park, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, and Forest Park. The largest is Pelham Bay Park, followed by the Staten Island Greenbelt and Van Cortlandt Park. There are also many smaller but historically significant parks in New York City, such as Battery Park, Bryant Park, Madison Square Park, Union Square Park, and Washington Square Park.
Additionally, some parks, most notably Gramercy Park, are privately owned and managed. Access to these private parks may be restricted.
The City Parks Foundation offers more than 1200 free performing arts events in parks across the city each year, including Central Park Summerstage, the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival and dance, theater, and children's arts festivals.
Top ten parks by area[]
- Pelham Bay Park, Bronx - 2,772 acres (11.22 km2)[1][2]
- Greenbelt, Staten Island - 2,316 acres (9.37 km2)[1][2]
- Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx - 1,146 acres (4.64 km2)[1][2]
- Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens - 897 acres (3.63 km2)[1][2]
- Central Park, Manhattan - 843 acres (3.41 km2)[1][2]
- Freshkills Park, Staten Island - 813 acres (3.29 km2)[2]
- Marine Park, Brooklyn - 798 acres (3.23 km2)[2]
- Bronx Park, Bronx - 718 acres (2.91 km2)[2]
- Alley Pond Park, Queens - 655 acres (2.65 km2)[2]
- Forest Park, Queens - 544 acres (2.20 km2)[2]
While Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is larger than any of the parks listed above, at 9,155 acres (37.05 km2),[3] it is not listed in the above rankings since it is a wildlife refuge and not an active-use park.
List of parks by borough[]
This list is incomplete; you can help by . (October 2015) |
The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation maintains a complete list of all parks. Public parks listed below are managed by NYC Parks unless otherwise noted.
The Bronx[]
- Bronx Park
- New York Botanical Garden
- Bronx Zoo
- Bronx / Allerton Skate Park
- Starlight Park
East Bronx[]
- Ferry Point Park
- Givans Creek Woods
- Pelham Bay Park
- Orchard Beach
- Rodman's Neck
- Pugsley Creek Park
- Seton Falls Park
- Soundview Park
West Bronx[]
- Bridge Park
- Henry Hudson Park
- , including Edgar Allan Poe Cottage
- St. James Park
- University Woods
- Van Cortlandt Park
- Vinmont Veteran Park
- Wave Hill
- Williamsbridge Oval
South Bronx[]
A sub-section of West Bronx.
- Barretto Point Park
- Concrete Plant Park
- Crotona Park
- Estella Diggs Park
- Hunts Point Riverside Park
- Joseph Rodman Drake Park
- Joyce Kilmer Park
- Julio Carballo Fields
- Macombs Dam Park
- Mill Pond Park
- Mullaly Park
- Playground 52
- Printer's Park
- Roberto Clemente State Park (NYSP)
- St. Mary's Park
- Tremont Park
Brooklyn[]
- Betsy Head Park
- Bensonhurst Park
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden
- Brooklyn Bridge Park
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Brooklyn–Queens Greenway
- Brower Park
- Bushwick Inlet Park
- Cadman Plaza
- Carroll Park
- Calvert Vaux Park
- Columbus Park
- Commodore Barry Park
- Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk
- Coney Island Creek Park
- Cooper Park (Brooklyn)
- Domino Park
- Dyker Beach Park and Golf Course
- East River State Park (NYSP)
- Floyd Bennett Field (NPS - Gateway National Recreation Area)
- Fort Greene Park
- Fulton Park
- Highland Park
- JJ Byrne Park
- John J. Carty Park
- John Paul Jones Park
- Kaiser Park
- Leif Ericson Park
- Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino Park
- Macri Triangle
- Maria Hernandez Park
- Marine Park
- McCarren Park
- McGolrick Park
- Mount Prospect Park
- Owl's Head Park
- Prospect Park
- Red Hook Park
- Saratoga Park
- Spring Creek Park
- Sunset Park
- Walt Whitman Park
- WNYC Transmitter Park
- Zion Triangle
Manhattan[]
- 79th Street Boat Basin
- Abingdon Square Park
- Albert Capsouto Park
- Asphalt Green
- The Battery
- Bella Abzug (Hudson) Park
- Bennett Park
- Blackwell Island Light, Roosevelt Island
- British Garden at Hanover Square
- Bowling Green
- Bryant Park
- Captain Patrick J. Brown Walk
- Carl Schurz Park
- Central Park
- Chelsea Park
- City Hall Park
- Collect Pond
- Columbus Park
- Corlears Hook
- Damrosch Park
- Dante Park
- DeSalvio Playground
- DeWitt Clinton Park
- Drumgoole Plaza
- Duane Park
- East River Greenway
- East River Esplanade
- East River Park
- Stuyvesant Cove
- Father Demo Square
- Foley Square
- Fort Tryon Park
- Fort Washington Park
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park (NYSP)
- Gorman Park
- Governors Island
- Governors Island National Monument (NPS)
- Gramercy Park
- Greenacre Park
- Hamilton Fish Park
- Hanover Square
- Hell's Kitchen Park
- Herald Square
- High Line
- Highbridge Park
- Holcombe Rucker Park
- Hudson River Park
- Imagination Playground at Burling Slip
- Inwood Hill Park
- Isham Park
- Jay Hood Wright Park
- Jackie Robinson Park
- Jackson Square Park
- John Jay Park
- Liberty Park
- Louis Cuvillier Park
- Madison Square
- Manhattan Waterfront Greenway
- Marcus Garvey Park
- Mill Rock Park
- Mitchell Square Park
- Morningside Park
- Muscota Marsh
- Paley Park
- Peretz Square
- Plaza Lafayette
- Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden
- Ralph Bunche Park
- Randalls and Wards Islands
- Riverbank State Park (NYSP)
- Riverside Park
- Robert Moses Playground
- Rucker Park
- Sakura Park
- Sara Delano Roosevelt Park
- Septuagesimo Uno
- Seward Park
- Sheridan Square
- Sherman Square
- Southpoint Park, Roosevelt Island
- St. Nicholas Park
- Straus Park
- Stuyvesant Square
- Teardrop Park
- Theodore Roosevelt Park
- Thomas Jefferson Park
- Thomas Paine Park
- Tompkins Square Park
- Union Square
- Verdi Square
- Vesuvio Playground
- Randalls and Wards Islands
- Washington Market Park
- Washington Square Park
- West Harlem Piers
- West Side Community Garden
- Winston Churchill Park
- Zuccotti Park
Queens[]
- Alley Park
- Alley Pond Park
- Astoria Park
- Baisley Pond Park
- Bayswater Point State Park (NYSP)
- Bowne Park
- Brooklyn–Queens Greenway
- Captain Tilly Park
- Crocheron Park
- Cunningham Park
- Doughboy Park
- Douglaston Park
- Elmhurst Park
- Flushing Fields
- Flushing Meadows–Corona Park
- Forest Park
- Fort Tilden (NPS - Gateway National Recreation Area)
- Fort Totten
- Gantry Plaza State Park (NYSP)
- Highland Park
- Jamaica Bay Park
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge (NPS - Gateway National Recreation Area)
- Jacob Riis Park (NPS - Gateway National Recreation Area)
- Juniper Valley Park
- Kissena Park
- Kohlreiter Square
- Libra Triangle
- Mafera Park
- O'Donohue Park
- Park of the Americas
- Queens Botanical Garden
- Queens County Farm Museum
- Queens Zoo
- Queensbridge Park
- Rachel Carson Playground
- Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk
- Rockaway Community Park
- Roy Wilkins Park
- Rufus King Park
- Socrates Sculpture Park
- Spring Creek Park
- Springfield Park
- Travers Park
- Triangle 54
- Udall's Park Preserve
Staten Island[]
- Amundsen Circle
- Alice Austen House
- Bloomingdale Park
- Blue Heron Park Preserve
- Buono Beach
- Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve (NYSP)
- Clove Lakes Park
- Conference House Park
- Fort Hill Park
- Fort Wadsworth (NPS - Gateway National Recreation Area)
- South Beach–FDR Boardwalk
- Freshkills Park
- Great Kills Park (NPS - Gateway National Recreation Area)
- Graniteville Quarry Park
- Ingram Woods
- Lemon Creek
- Long Pond Park
- Midland Beach
- Miller Field (NPS - Gateway National Recreation Area)
- Mount Loretto Unique Area
- New Dorp Beach
- Sailors' Snug Harbor
- Silver Lake
- Staten Island Greenbelt
- Tappen Park
- Walker Park
- Willowbrook Park
- Wolfe's Pond Park
List of former parks by borough[]
This list is incomplete; you can help by . (May 2017) |
Manhattan[]
See also[]
- 10-Minute Walk
- List of privately owned public spaces in New York City
- List of New York state parks
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
- Park Conservancy
- List of New York City parks relating to Hispanic and Latino American culture
- List of New York City parks relating to Irish American culture
- List of New York City parks relating to Jewish culture
- List of New York City parks relating to the Vietnam War
- List of New York City parks relating to World War I
References[]
- ^ a b c d e Foderaro, Lisa W. (2013-05-31). "Surveying Effort Alters Sizes of Some New York Parks". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Frequently Asked Questions : NYC Parks". New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. June 26, 1939. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
- ^ "Fact Sheet: Gateway NRA - Jamaica Bay Unit". National Parks of New York Harbor (U.S. National Park Service). October 27, 1972. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
External links[]
- Parks in New York City
- Lists of parks in the United States
- Culture of New York City
- New York City parks-related lists
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
- Air pollution in New York City