This is a list of New York City parks. Three entities manage parks within New York City, each with its own responsibilities:
- Federal â€" US National Park Service (NPS) - both open-space and historic properties
- State â€" New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYSP)
- Municipal â€" New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR)
The city has 28,000 acres (113 km²) of municipal parkland and 14 miles (22 km) of public municipal beaches. Major municipal parks include Central Park, Prospect Park, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Forest Park, and Washington Square Park. The largest is Pelham Bay Park, followed by the Staten Island Greenbelt.
Additionally, some parks, most notably Gramercy Park, are privately owned and managed. Access to these private parks may be restricted.
The City Parks Foundation offers more than 1200 free performing arts events in parks across the city each year, including Central Park Summerstage, the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival and dance, theater, and children's arts festivals.
Top ten parks by area
- Pelham Bay Park, Bronx 2,765 acres (11.19Â km2)
- Greenbelt, Staten Island 1,778 acres (7.20Â km2)
- Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx 1,146 acres (4.64Â km2)
- Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens 897 acres (3.63Â km2)
- Central Park, Manhattan 843 acres (3.41Â km2)
- Freshkills Park, Staten Island 813 acres (3.29Â km2)
- Marine Park, Brooklyn, 798 acres (3.23Â km2)
- Bronx Park, Bronx 718 acres (2.91Â km2)
- Alley Pond Park, Queens 655 acres (2.65Â km2)
- South Beach-Franklin Delano Roosevelt Boardwalk, South and Midland Beaches, Staten Island 638 acres (2.58Â km2)
List of parks by borough
The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation maintains a complete list of all parks.
The Bronx
- Barretto Point Park
- Bridge Park
- Bronx Park
- Brust Park
- Claremont Park
- Concrete Plant Park
- Crotona Park
- Devoe Park
- Estella Diggs Park
- Ewen Park
- Ferry Point Park
- Haffen Park
- Henry Hudson Park
- Hunts Point Riverside Park
- Joyce Kilmer Park
- Julius Richman Park, formerly Echo Park
- Macombs Dam Park
- Mill Pond Park
- Pelham Bay Park, the largest in the city
- Playground 52
- Roberto Clemente State Park
- Rodman's Neck
- St. James Park
- Saint Mary's Park
- Seton Falls Park
- Soundview Park
- Starlight Park, formerly commercial
- Poe Park which includes the Edgar Allan Poe Cottage
- University Woods
- Van Cortlandt Park
- Williamsbridge Oval
Brooklyn
- Adam Yauch Park
- Amersfort Park
- Bensonhurst Park
- Breukelen Ballfields Park
- Brower Park
- Bushwick Park
- Byrne Park
- Cadman Plaza
- Calvert Vaux Park, formerly known as Dreier-Offerman Park
- Canarsie Beach Park
- Carroll Park
- Coney Island (multiple)
- Continental Army Plaza
- Dyker Beach Park
- East River State Park, Williamsburg
- Empire â€" Fulton Ferry Park
- Fort Greene Park
- Frank M Charles Memorial Park, Brooklyn
- Gravesend Park
- Herbert Von King Park, formerly called Tompkins Park
- Highland Park, partly in Queens
- J.J Byrne Park
- Kelly Park
- Leon S Kaiser Playground
- Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino Park
- Lincoln Terrace Park
- Linton Park
- Manhattan Beach Park
- Marine Park
- Marcy Park, Brooklyn
- McCarren Park
- McGolrick Park
- McKinley Park
- Mount Prospect Park
- Owl's Head Park
- Pacific Park Development park
- Prospect Park
- Red Hook Park
- Red Hook Playground
- Rodney Park
- St. Johns Park
- Seaside Park
- Seth Low Park
- Spring Creek Park
- Sunset Park
Manhattan
- Abingdon Square Park
- Albert Capsouto Park, formerly CaVaLa Park
- Battery Park
- Bennett Park
- Bowling Green, oldest park in the city
- Bryant Park
- Carl Schurz Park
- Central Park
- City Hall Park
- Collect Pond Park
- Columbus Park
- Cooper Square
- Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
- Damrosch Park (Lincoln Center)
- Dante Park
- DeSalvio Playground
- DeWitt Clinton Park
- Drumgoole Plaza
- Duane Park
- Duffy Square
- East River Park/East River Esplanade
- Finn Square 40°43′7.5″N 74°0′24.5″W
- Foley Square
- Fort Tryon Park
- Fort Washington Park
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park (Roosevelt Island)
- Gorman Park
- Gramercy Park
- Greenacre Park
- Hamilton Fish Park
- High Line
- Highbridge Park
- Horace Greeley Square
- Hudson Park
- Hudson River Park
- Inwood Hill Park
- Isham Park
- Jackson Square Park
- James J. Walker Park
- Jay Hood Wright Park
- John Jay Park
- Juan Pablo Duarte Square
- Liberty Park
- Madison Square Park
- Marcus Garvey Memorial Park
- Morningside Park
- Murphy's Brother's Playground 40°43′49″N 73°58′25″W
- Muscota Marsh
- Paley Park
- Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden
- Ralph Bunche Park
- Randalls and Wards Islands
- Richard Tucker Square 40°46′24.5″N 73°58′55″W
- Riverside Park
- Riverbank State Park
- Robert Moses Playground (different from the two Robert Moses State Parks outside New York City)
- Roosevelt Triangle
- St. Catherine's Park
- St. Nicholas Park
- Sakura Park
- Samuel N. Bennerson 2nd Playground
- Sara Delano Roosevelt Park
- Septuagesimo Uno
- Sheridan Square
- Sherman Square
- Straus Park
- Stuyvesant Square
- Swindler Cove Park
- Theodore Roosevelt Park
- Thomas Paine Park
- Tompkins Square Park
- Tribeca Park, also known as Beach Street Park
- Union Square
- Verdi Square
- Vesuvio Playground
- Washington Market Park
- Washington Square Park
- Winston Churchill Park
- Worldwide Plaza
- Zuccotti Park, formerly called Liberty Plaza Park
Queens
- Alley Pond Park
- Astoria Park
- Baisley Pond Park
- Brookville Park
- Captain Tilly Park
- Clearview Park
- Cunningham Park
- Doughboy Park
- Elmhurst Park
- Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
- Forest Park
- Frank Golden Memorial Park
- Jacob Riis Park (NPS - Gateway National Recreation Area)
- Juniper Valley Park
- Kissena Park
- Liberty Park
- Little Bay Park
- Major Mark Park
- Maurice Park
- Oakland Lake
- Rainey Park
- Roy Wilkens Park
- Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk
- Rufus King Park
- Springfield Park
Staten Island
- Aesop Park
- Amundsen Circle
- Austen House Park
- Bloomingdale Park
- Blue Heron Park Preserve
- Bradys Park
- Buono Beach
- Clove Lakes Park
- Conference House Park
- Corporal Thompson Park
- Crescent Beach Park
- Father Macris Park
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk
- Freshkills Park
- Gen. Douglas MacArthur Park
- Great Kills Park (NPS - Gateway National Recreation Area)
- The Greenbelt
- High Rock Park Preserve
- Korean War Veterans Parkway
- LaTourette Park & Golf Course
- Lemon Creek Park
- Long Pond Park
- Midland Beach
- Miller Field
- Ocean Breeze Park
- Schmul Park
- Seaside Wildlife Nature Park
- Silver Lake Park
- South Beach
- Tappen Park
- Von Briesen Park
- Walker Park
- Westerleigh Park 40°37′11″N 74°8′4″W
- Willowbrook Park
- Wolfe's Pond Park
List of former parks by borough
Manhattan
- St. John's Park
See also
- List of privately owned public spaces in New York City
- List of New York state parks
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
References
External links
- Interactive search page provided by the Department of Parks and Recreation
- New York City Department of Parks & Recreation
- City Parks - documentary produced by Treasures of New York
