Parks and Recreation

You have, no doubt, noticed the imposing chain link fence that went up around the east end of Seward Park in the past several days. It's your signal that the city is beginning a large-scale restoration of one of the...

The other day we mentioned that Seward Park had been shuttered since last month's storm. As you might have noticed, the gates are back open this week. Broken branches were hauled away, but there's still lots of damage in the...

Continuing our partnership with New York City News at Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, here's a look at 1st Street Green Park, from Gurami Jamaspishvili.  Jamaspishvili writes: "Nestled amid Houston and 2nd Ave, First Street Green...

NYC Ferry operated by Hornblower is excited to announce the launch of its Lower East Side Route this Wednesday, August 29th. The sixth NYC Ferry Route will connect Corlears Hook, Manhattan, and Stuyvesant Cove, Manhattan to hubs on 34th St., Long Island City, and Wall St./Pier 11, connecting millions of New Yorkers to new neighborhoods, growing job centers, housing and more.

You won't have to wait much longer to go swimming at the Hamilton Fish Rec Center pool. All of the city's outdoor pools open for the season on Wednesday, June 27. Ham Fish's Olympic-size pool and wading pool are open...

"It's My Park Day" is coming to Sara D. Roosevelt Park on Saturday (June 23).

You can now play squash in Hamilton Fish Park.

Here's a look at the plans for the new Corlears Hook Park dog run. The Parks Department unveiled the design last week at a committee meeting of Community Board 3.

The New York City Parks Department is taking the first tentative steps to redeveloping the Baruch Bathhouse, a building that has been shuttered for more than four decades.

Nine years after local residents began advocating for the renovation of Luther Gulick Park, the Parks Department is finally ready to put the project out for bid.