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The Topic
Parks and Open Spaces refers to those areas set aside by the city, state, or federal government for public access and protection of natural resources. Issues relate to the creation, preservation, restoration, maintenance, and best use of these spaces.
The Context
With more than 27,000 acres of parks, playgrounds, beaches and other recreational areas, New York City has the largest city park system in the U.S. (Add to that a state park in every borough, the Gateway National Recreation Area and four botanical gardens.) Yet the city has fewer acres of green space per person than any other major American city, and many neighborhoods lack parks. Community gardens on vacant city lots -- there are more than 750 -- are often the only green oases in low-income, minority communities.

Recommended Parks Links:

2005 Street Tree Census

American Community Gardening Association

Americans for Our Heritage and Recreation

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Brooklyn Bridge Park Coalition
More information from a coalition of community groups that is working to create a Brooklyn waterfront park. The list of links is an excellent resource.

Car-Free Central Park Campaign

Central Park Conservancy

CentralPark.com

City Parks Foundation

Community Garden Locator

Free Digger

Fresh Kills

Friends of Hudson River Park

Friends of the High Line

Green Apple Map

Green Guerillas

GreenThumb
New York City’s GreenThumb program has been supporting community gardens for more than 20 years with information, technical assistance, materials, and funding. Check the site for grants, events, information, and links to gardening organization and individual community garden web sites.

Living Memorials Project

More Gardens! Coalition

New York City Audubon

New York City Parks Advocates

New York Restoration Project
A lively site from Bette Midler's group, which has been restoring parks in upper Manhattan and has helped save community gardens.

Park of The Month

Privately Owned Public Space
New York City Department of City Planning study of the city's privately owned public spaces created through a zoning incentive.

Prospect Park Alliance

Protectors of Pine Oak Woods

Q4U

Regional Plan Association

Take a walk, New York
Sign up here for free one-hour guided walks in some of the city's great and far-flung parks and greenways, sponsored by the New York City Department of Health and the Neighborhood Open Space Coalition.

The Project for Public Spaces' Great Public Spaces

TreesNY

Waterfront Park Coalition

Reader Submissions / Others.

[Suggest a Parks link]

14th Street-Union Square
14th Street from First Avenue to Sixth Avenue and the area in and around Union Square Park

New York Restoration Project