nyc.gov/parks Connect with NYC Parks This Week in Parks: Jan 30, 2016 – Feb 3, 2016 Citywide Highlights Gracie Mansion Tours The People’s House, Gracie Mansion, is once again open for free tours each Tuesday. Find out how to reserve […]

nyc.gov/parks Connect with NYC Parks This Week in Parks: Jan 22, 2016 – Jan 27, 2016 Citywide Highlights Canceled: Winter Jam We are disappointed to have to announce, that out of an abundance of caution and concern for the safety […]

nyc.gov/parks Connect with NYC Parks Nature & Outdoors: Jan 21, 2016 – Jan 26, 2016 Citywide Highlights What Kind of Animal Are You? Wondering what kind of NYC native animal you most resemble? Take our fun & furry quiz to […]

nyc.gov/parks Connect with NYC Parks This Week in Parks: Jan 16, 2016 – Jan 20, 2016 Citywide Highlights Alexander Hamilton in New York Meet the man whom everyone is singing about. Take a tour of Hamilton’s New York, and see […]

nyc.gov/parks Connect with NYC Parks Volunteering: Dec 30, 2015 – Jan 4, 2016 Citywide Highlights MulchFest Your old Christmas tree could help grow your favorite local park. Bring your tree to a Mulchfest site on Jan. 9 and 10. Volunteer […]

nyc.gov/parks Connect with NYC Parks Nature & Outdoors: Dec 26, 2015 – Dec 29, 2015 Citywide Highlights MulchFest Your old Christmas tree could help grow your favorite local park. Bring your tree to a Mulchfest site on Jan. 9 and […]

nyc.gov/parks Connect with NYC Parks This Week in Parks: Dec 26, 2015 – Dec 30, 2015 Citywide Highlights Ice Skating Go ice skating in the park. New York City’s ice skating rinks are open for the season. Lace up your […]

SAT, DECEMBER 19    FAMILY ART PROJECT: SNOW-GLOBE GIFT BOXES Walk among Wave Hill’s majestic conifers with their wonderful scents and textures. Then, using live pine boughs we provide, create a winter wonderland resembling a snow globe. Add inhabitants and decorate […]

nyc.gov/parks Connect with NYC Parks Volunteering: Dec 18, 2015 – Dec 23, 2015 Citywide Highlights Volunteer for Mulchfest We’re turning old Christmas trees into mulch for living trees, and we need your help. Come to one of ten parks on […]

nyc.gov/parks Connect with NYC Parks This Week in Parks: Dec 18, 2015 – Dec 23, 2015 Citywide Highlights Christmas Eve at Washington Square Arch Celebrate the holiday with carols at the Washington Square Arch this Christmas Eve. Songbooks will be […]

SAT, DECEMBER 12    FAMILY ART PROJECT: CANDLES, SNOWFLAKES AND STARS Fire and ice don’t usually go together, but as the winter days get shorter and colder, we’ll celebrate both! Take a simple candlestick and, using colorful, clay-like wax, mix and […]

nyc.gov/parks Connect with NYC Parks This Week in Parks: Dec 11, 2015 – Dec 16, 2015 Citywide Highlights Meteor Showers Winter is a time for meteor showers. Join us at these astronomy events where we’ll have telescopes and experts on […]

nyc.gov/parks Connect with NYC Parks Volunteering: Dec 2, 2015 – Dec 8, 2015 Citywide Highlights Care for Trees in Sunset Park Help us improve the health and lengthen the life of street trees in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park community on December […]

nyc.gov/parks Connect with NYC Parks Nature & Outdoors: Nov 25, 2015 – Nov 30, 2015 Citywide Highlights Black Friday Hikes Work off all that turkey and stuffing the day after Thanksgiving with these beautiful hikes through parks around the city. […]

nyc.gov/parks Connect with NYC Parks This Week in Parks: Nov 20, 2015 – Nov 25, 2015 Citywide Highlights One Million Trees We did it! Find out more about the completion of MillionTreesNYC. Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex Opens The state-of-the-art Ocean […]