Gotham Green Guide
Parks and Natural Open Space
in New York City and Immediate Vicinity
- Battery Park City <BatteryParkCity.org> - thirty acres of protected urban open space.
- Battery Park City Online <BatteryParkCityOnline.com> - a guide to the neighborhood
- Brooklyn Bridge Park Coalition <BrooklynBridgePark.org> -
334 Furman St., Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 802.0603
- Brooklyn Bridge Park Dev. Corp. <BBPDC.org> -
web site excerpts: "The Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation (BBPDC) was created to plan a great park on the waterfront stretching from Atlantic Avenue to the Manhattan Bridge. The BBPDC's work began in 1998, when it received its initial appropriation from the New York State Legislature and the New York State Department of State. The Brooklyn Bridge Park will be designed consistent with the "Thirteen Guiding Principles" adopted by the community. In accord with those principles, the proposed park may include recreational opportunities for all age groups, areas for quiet contemplation, and cultural facilities. This park should serve surrounding neighborhoods, the entire Borough, and the region as a whole. The park should be a great space for civic celebration and engagement with the extraordinary natural beauty of New York Harbor. The park should also include sufficient commercial development to provide the income that will make the park self-sustaining."
Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation
P.O. Box 021064, Brooklyn, NY 11202-1064
(718) 624-6030
- Bryant Park Info Pages <BryantPark.org> - Bryant Park is located "behind the main branch of the New York Public L:ibrary..... on Fifth Avenue between 41st and 42nd Street. Bryant Park has served as a battleground for tropps of George Washington in 1776 and was later a paupers' cemetery. The web site has a full history.
office: Bryant Park Restoration Corporation
500 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1120 , New York, NY 10110
(212) 768-4242
See also:
- Central Park <CentralPark.org> -
- The Central Park Conservancy <CentralParkNYC.org> -
web site excerpts: "The Central Park Conservancy is a private, not-for-profit organization founded in 1980 that manages Central Park under a contract with the City of New York/Department of Parks and Recreation."
14 East 60th St., New York, NY 10022
(212) 310-6600
- City of New York - Parks & Recreation Dept. <NYCGovParks.org> - official govt. web site for New York City's parks.
contact: The Parks Department, The Arsenal
Central Park, 830 5th Ave., New York, NY 10021
"Dial 311 for all Parks & Recreation information",
(212) NEW-YORK (if calling outside of NYC)
- Crotona Park <CrotonaPark.org> - (Bronx)
- Fishbridge Park <FishBridge.org> - "located just south of the Brooklyn Bridge in the historic district of the South Street Seaport".
- Friends of the High Line <TheHighLine.org> -
- Friends of Hudson River Park <FOHRP.org> -
web site excerpts: "Our mission is to bring together a large and broad array of individuals, businesses and organizations who share a common desire to transform a once vital commercial waterfront into a unique, world-renowned, self-sustaining, water-accessible, environmentally-friendly and magnificent public work to be known, enjoyed and treasured by current and future generations as Hudson River Park."
PO Box 2667, Times Square Station, New York, NY 10108
(212) 489-7474
- Hudson River Festival <HudsonRiverFestival.com> - "a celebration of dance, music, theater and art in honor of the Hudson River". An annual free event.
(212) 528-2733
- Hudson River Park <HudsonRiverPark.org> - new 550 acre park along the Hudson River waterfront from Battery Park to 59th Street.
(212) 533-PARK
- Madison Square Park Conservancy <MadisonSquarePark.org> - "Madison Square Park is located in the historic Flatiron District and is situated on 6.2 acres between 23rd and 26th Streets and Fifth and Madison Avenues" (Web site has map.)
mission statement: "The Madison Square Park Conservancy is dedicated to keeping Madison Square Park a bright and beautiful public park. The organization raises funds to support park maintenance, lush and brilliant horticulture, and park security. The Madison Square Park Conservancy offers a variety of programs for users of all ages and promotes the park to the neighborhood."
11 Madison Avenue, 7th floor, New York, NY 10010
(212) 538-5058
- The Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance <WaterWire.net> -
web site excerpts: "Working to ensure that the right choices are made, the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance is a growing network of organizations and concerned individuals dedicated to helping this region reclaim and reconnect to our greatest natural resource--the harbor, rivers and estuaries of the New York and New Jersey waterfront. The Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance works through education, grassroots organizing and media advocacy to include the public's voice and values in the decision-making that will determine the future of our region's waterfront and waterways."
457 Madison Avenue • New York, NY 10022
(800) 364-9943
- NYC Handball Parks <NYCHandball.com> -
- The Parks Council <ParksCouncil.org> -
web site excerpts: "The Parks Council is a citywide, non-partisan, independent, membership organization that supports public parks in New York City. The organization's independence from government and its citywide focus distinguish it from other groups....... The Parks Council’s purpose is to ensure that all New Yorkers have access to parks and public open spaces that meet defined standards for maintenance, staffing and programming."
The Parks Council, The Urban Center, 6th Floor
457 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10022
(212) 838-9410
- Partnerships For Parks <PartnershipsForParks.org> -
web site excerpts: "Our mission is to encourage community support for and involvement in New York City's parks. We help to strengthen, support and start neighborhood park groups."
Partnerships For Parks, The Arsenal, Central Park, New York , NY 10021
(212) 360-1310
Prospect Park Alliance <ProspectPark.org> -
95 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, NY 11215
(718) 965-8951
- Prospect Park <ProspectPark.org> -
mission statement: "Prospect Park is the masterpiece of landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, whose notable achievements include Centra Park, the National Zoo, and the Emerald Necklace in Boston, to name a few. The 526-acre Park immediately surrounds its visitors with nature. There is a 60-acre lake on the east side, a 90-acre meadow
on the west, and Brooklyn's last natural forest in between...."
95 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, NY 11215
(718) 965-8951 -:
(718) 965-8999 (events hotline)
Introduction
The "Parks" section of Gotham Green Guide will consider providing a free l;ink to any online organization, public resource or private endeavor focused on New York City parks or any particular NYC park. As a general rule, Gotham Green Guide prefers web sites that are at a domain name web address.
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