On July 1, 2025, the Department of Parks and Recreation joined elected officials and community members to celebrate the reopening of the Strong Street playground in the Kingsbridge Heights section of the Bronx.
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DOT Announces Return of Summer Streets for Summer 2025
On July 1, 2025, Mayor Eric Adams and the Department of Transportation announced the return of Summer Streets, a program that temporarily creates car-free streets to create more outdoor safe spaces for pedestrians to enjoy. Each session of Summer Streets will run from 7 AM to 3 PM for five consecutive Saturdays between late July and August. This year’s program covers over 22 miles of streets citywide featuring live entertainment, fitness classes, cultural programs, giveaways … <Read More>
New Parks Commissioner Appointed and $23 Million Completed Parks Investment Celebrated
On June 1, 2025, Mayor Eric Adams appointed Iris Rodriguez-Rosa as the new Parks Commissioner. She is the first Latina to hold this position, and her appointment follows a long career in public service.
Parks Celebrates Vinland Playground Transformation in Bay Ridge
On December 4, 2024, New York City Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue in collaboration with other critical stakeholders celebrated the renovation of Vinland Playground located deep within Shore Road Park in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bay Ridge. This project cost the City $3.4 million and transformed Vinland Playground with new playground equipment and improved landscaping.
Could Public Space Stewards Help Make New York City More Livable?
By Mark Chiusano
For obvious reasons I was recently revisiting a small controversy over the usage of public space in a certain midtown Manhattan building: Trump Tower.
In 2016, Donald Trump and New York City went back and forth over whether the building had to keep some public benches in the lobby. During construction decades earlier, the tower had been allowed to rise higher in exchange for a little bit of public space (some of … <Read More>
City Reveals Proposal for Gansevoort Square Following Meat Market’s Early Departure from Site
On October 28, 2024, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced the initial proposal for the Gansevoort Square project. The project includes utilizing Gansevoort Square, a City-owned site located on Little West 12th Street between Washington Street and 10th Avenue in Manhattan, for mixed-income housing, new public space, and expanding the Whitney Museum of American Art and the High Line.