New Yorkers for Parks

Founded in 1908, we are the citywide independent champion of quality open space. Founding member of the #PlayFair Coalition and the #DaffodilProject.

[New Yorkers for Parks @NY4P]

Thanks to our partners, and thanks to @ConEdison for sponsoring the Walk & Talk series!

[New Yorkers for Parks @NY4P]

Join the Staten Island North Shore Waterfront Walk & Talk on June 27!

🗓Sat, 6/27
⏰11 AM–1 PM
📍Meet at Borough Hall

NY4P, SI Urban Center, and partners will explore community-led efforts to improve/expand parks and open space along the waterfront.

🔗https://t.co/1sS3j2v969

[New Yorkers for Parks @NY4P]

Congrats to @NYCParks Commissioner Tricia Shimamura on receiving @workersjusticep's '26 Labor Champion Award!

The recently opened City Hall Park Deliverista Hub shows how parks and open spaces can serve working NYers, advancing dignity, safety, and equity.

📷@LosDeliveristas

[NYLCV @nylcv]

Take action for parks!

Submit 1-click testimony calling for @NYCParks budget restorations/investment: https://t.co/zze6OYzcs8

@NYCMayor must permanently fund 115 staff whose contracts will expire in July. And @NYCCouncil must add 276 critical positions to ensure thriving parks.

[New Yorkers for Parks @NY4P]

Submit 1-click testimony calling for
@NYCParks budget restorations/investment:

🔗https://t.co/l0daj8PxQQ

[New Yorkers for Parks @NY4P]

"@NYCCouncil is seeking to add $40M to @NYCParks' upcoming budget — with roughly half going toward effectively quadrupling the number of PEP officers... 'Every neighborhood park would be affected [by @NYCMayor's proposed PEP cuts],' NY4P said."
https://t.co/UxQMM21XCX

[New Yorkers for Parks @NY4P]

TAKE ACTION FOR PARKS!

Submit 1-click testimony calling for @NYCParks budget restorations/investment: https://t.co/l0daj8PxQQ

@NYCMayor must permanently fund 115 staff whose contracts will expire in July. And @NYCCouncil must add 276 critical positions to ensure thriving parks.

[New Yorkers for Parks @NY4P]

BK! @NYC_DOT is presenting a Zoom update on the Grand Army Plaza redesign 6/2 @ 6:30pm.

If you're in Park Slope, Gowanus, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Red Hook, Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, PLG, N Flatbush or Weeksville, this meeting’s for you!

🔗https://t.co/3oSQzLY7dR

[New Yorkers for Parks @NY4P]

Safe connections to parks are essential infrastructure!

Tonight (6/2) at 6:30pm, CB7 is considering a transformational redesign on 72nd St that would improve accessibility for NYers traveling to Riverside Park and beyond.

Join the hearing and speak up: https://t.co/3Le4Gif9MT

[Open Plans @OpenPlans]

🚲 We were out on West 72nd Street asking Citi Bike riders what businesses they bike to, and we learned that biking is not only practical (people ride pretty much everywhere), but that everyone we spoke with was also eager for the improvements on West 72nd Street. 💚 🧡

[New Yorkers for Parks @NY4P]

A huge thanks to supporting electeds and advocates @SenGonzalezNY, @EmilyAssembly, @RepVelazquez, @ReynosoBrooklyn, @CMRestler, @OpenPlans, Ping Pong in Parks and Plazas and @propelbikes

Take action at https://t.co/o9nMAA5O02

[New Yorkers for Parks @NY4P]

NY4P, @nbkopenstreets, @NBKParks hosted a block party at McCarren Park celebrating the launch of a Car-Free Parks campaign.

NY4P/@TransAlt's campaign calls for a private automobile ban in @NYCParks.

@CentralParkNYC & @Prospect_Park prove that the best parks prioritize people!

[New Yorkers for Parks @NY4P]

Speakers highlighted a proposal to transform Driggs Ave thru McCarren into a pedestrian-friendly plaza, adding nearly 1.5 acres of new public open space, plus initiatives to expand open space for NYers, like @NYCMayor's plans for Grand Army Plaza and McGuinness Blvd.

[New Yorkers for Parks @NY4P]

We're closing the window for founding members TONIGHT. Join now to become a Parks Pioneer!

Join a community dedicated to protecting and expanding the green spaces we all love for just $5 a month.

Click here to join: https://t.co/a7K6kTFbB8

[New Yorkers for Parks @NY4P]

BK! @NYC_DOT is presenting a Zoom update on the Grand Army Plaza redesign 6/2 @ 6:30pm.

If you're in Park Slope, Gowanus, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Red Hook, Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, PLG, N Flatbush or Weeksville, this meeting’s for you!

🔗https://t.co/3oSQzLY7dR

[New Yorkers for Parks @NY4P]

"Given Flushing Meadows Corona Park's outsized role in NYC, one would imagine funding to maintain it would meet at least a minimal standard. One would be wrong: across budgets and administrations, the park has been neglected."

📰From @AllianceForFMCP: https://t.co/f2aLi0hHYt

[New Yorkers for Parks @NY4P]

Following the rally, @NYCParks presented to Brooklyn CB1 and answered questions from residents on the project timeline.

Thanks to supporting electeds/advocates @LincolnRestler, @ReynosoBrooklyn,
@JenGutierrezNYC, @EmilyAssembly, @NBKParks and @RisingTideEffct

[New Yorkers for Parks @NY4P]

Rita has been swimming at the Metropolitan Pool for nearly 70 years! That is, until its closure over a year ago due to mechanical issues.

She rallied with NY4P and fellow Brooklynties in March to demand the reopening of Metropolitan Pool & Rec Center, a vital community resource.

[New Yorkers for Parks @NY4P]

@NYCMayor and @NYCCouncil must prioritize these facilities and the communities who depend on them.

🔗Take action: https://t.co/pGM2GP11Xn