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    Parks Department Celebrates Holiday Season With Light Displays Across City

    Holiday Celebrations  •  Citywide

    The map features locations of the Parks Department holiday light displays across the City. Image Credit: NYC Parks Dept.

    The light displays offer local options for those who can’t or choose not to see typically more crowded options like the Rockefeller Center tree. On December 11, 2020, the Parks Department announced that this holiday season, New Yorkers can enjoy local light displays at Parks administrative buildings and parks around the city. This season, Parks will host over 80 lighting displays across the City.  (read more…)

    Tags : holiday lights, Parks Department
    Date:12/17/2020
    Category : Department of Parks & Recreation
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    Parks Dept Completes $3.8 Million Upgrades to Norwood Playground in the Bronx

    Playground Updates  •  Mosholu Parkway, Bronx

    Image credit: NYC Department of Parks & Recreation.

    New upgrades make the park safer, more fun, and accessible to all New Yorkers. On November 6, 2020, NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., City Council Member Andrew Cohen, State Assembly Member Nathalia Fernandez, State Assembly Member Jeffrey Dinowitz, Bronx Community Board 7 parks Chair Barbara Stronczer, and representatives from the Friends of Mosholu Parkland unveiled the reconstructed Kossuth Playground located along Mosholu Parkway North and Kossuth Avenue in the Northwest Bronx. (read more…)

    Tags : parks, parks renovations
    Date:12/02/2020
    Category : Department of Parks & Recreation
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    New Pier Opens in Hudson River Park

    Piers  •  Hudson River Park, Manhattan

    Part of Pier 26. Image Credit: Hudson River Park Trust/YouTube

    Pier 26 was a $37.7 million project and is the first pier to be opened in over a decade. On September 30, 2020, the Hudson River Park Trust opened Pier 26, an ecological-themed pier located in Tribeca between Hubert Street and North Moore Street and west of the West Side Highway. The Pier is an open outdoor space for New Yorkers as the city recovers from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In 2013, the pier’s infrastructure was completed along with the City Vineyard restaurant and wine bar and the Downtown Boathouse, which has provided free kayaking for half a million New Yorkers. (read more…)

    Tags : hudson river park, Hudson River Park Trust, Piers
    Date:10/14/2020
    Category : Department of Parks & Recreation
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    Parks Dept Unveils Upgraded Playground in Spuyten Duyvil

    Park Renovations  •  Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx

    Some of the new renovations at the Spuyten Duyvil Playground. Image Credit: NYC Parks/Daniel Avila

    The upgrades include native plants and accessible water sprays. On August 31, 2020, NYC Parks Bronx Borough Commissioner Iris Rodriguez-Rosa, New York City Council Member Andrew Cohen, New York State Assembly Member Jeffrey Dinowitz, and Bronx Community Board 8 Parks Chair Rosemary Ginty unveiled a $1.2 million upgrade to Spuyten Duyvil Playground in the Spuyten Duyvil neighborhood of the Bronx. (read more…)

    Tags : playground renovation
    Date:09/24/2020
    Category : Department of Parks & Recreation
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    Parks Dept Launches New Anti-Littering Campaign

    Littering  •  Citywide

    This new poster is part of the new anti-littering campaign. Image Credit: NYC Parks Department

    The campaign stresses the importance of keeping shared green spaces clean during the pandemic. On August 28, 2020, NYC Parks announced a new campaign to address excessive littering in parks across the City since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The message is, “Show your park some love, New York. Put trash in a bag or can—or take it with you.” (read more…)

    Tags : anti-littering, coronavirus, COVID-19, littering, parks
    Date:09/17/2020
    Category : Department of Parks & Recreation
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