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A map showing major greenspaces in New York City: 1)
Central Park , 2)
Van Cortlandt Park , 3)
Bronx Park , 4)
Pelham Bay Park , 5)
Flushing Meadows Park , 6)
Forest Park , 7)
Prospect Park , 8)
Floyd Bennett Field , 9)
Jamaica Bay , A)
Jacob Riis Park and
Fort Tilden , B)
Fort Wadsworth , C)
Miller Field , D)
Great Kills Park
Central Park is the most visited urban park in the United States.
A pigeon at
Bryant Park
This is a list of
New York City parks . Three entities manage parks within New York City, each with its own responsibilities:
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 , and
Forest Park . The largest is
Pelham Bay Park , followed by the
Staten Island Greenbelt and
Van Cortlandt Park . There are also many smaller but historically significant parks in New York City, such as
Battery Park ,
Bryant Park ,
Madison Square Park ,
Union Square Park , and
Washington Square Park .
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 - 2,772 acres (11.22 km2 )
[1]
[2]
Greenbelt ,
Staten Island - 2,316 acres (9.37 km2 )
[1]
[2]
Freshkills Park ,
Staten Island - 2,200 acres (8.9 km2 )
[2]
Van Cortlandt Park ,
Bronx - 1,146 acres (4.64 km2 )
[1]
[2]
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park ,
Queens - 897 acres (3.63 km2 )
[1]
[2]
Central Park ,
Manhattan - 843 acres (3.41 km2 )
[1]
[2]
Marine Park ,
Brooklyn - 798 acres (3.23 km2 )
[2]
Bronx Park ,
Bronx - 718 acres (2.91 km2 )
[2]
Alley Pond Park ,
Queens - 655 acres (2.65 km2 )
[2]
Forest Park ,
Queens - 544 acres (2.20 km2 )
[2]
While
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is larger than any of the parks listed above, at 9,155 acres (37.05 km2 ),
[3] it is not listed in the above rankings since it is a
wildlife refuge and not an active-use park.
List of parks by borough
The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation maintains a
complete list of all parks.
The Bronx
Joyce Kilmer Park
St Mary's Park
East Bronx
West Bronx
South Bronx
A sub-section of West Bronx.
Brooklyn
Calvert Vaux Park
Continental Army Plaza
Dreier-Offerman Park
Seaside - Asser Levy park
Manhattan
Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza
Columbus Park
Tribeca Park
Queens
Captain Tilly Park
Rufus King Park
Staten Island
Buono Beach
* Denotes playgrounds jointly operated with the
New York City Department of Education .
List of former parks by borough
Manhattan
See also
References
External links