Water Exercise offers a stress-free time to swim, improve health and fitness by participating in an instructor-led water exercise class, and socializing with others, while enjoying the benefits of the ...

Our city has 520 miles of coast. We want to help you make the most of it, with activities, sports, events, and beautiful waterfront parks with amazing views. Whether you’re swimming or paddling in the ...

11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Entrance just south of park entrance at 110th Street & Lenox Avenue.

Saturday, Sunday, & holidays: 8:00 a.m. until dusk. Hundreds of schoolyards have been renovated and opened to the public during non-school hours through the Schoolyards to Playgrounds program, helping ...

Industrialist Peter Cooper operated a glue factory and homestead on this site. His descendants sold it in 1895 to the City of Brooklyn. Cooper Park has a friendly, lively dog run for year-round play ...

This park is named for Peter Gerard Stuyvesant (1778-1847) who was the co-founder of the New-York Historical Society and one of the richest men in America at that time.

The NYC Parks Summer Day Camp program is an exciting chance for children ages 6 to 13 to have a fun-filled summer! Your child will engage in sports, fitness, outdoor adventures, technology, education, ...

This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park. This park was named for the newspaper that was once published directly to its north. The City of New York ...

For additional park information, please visit the Prospect Park Alliance website. Designed and constructed over a thirty-year period (1865-1895) by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, the ...

Orchard Beach, Bronx's sole public beach, was proclaimed "The Riviera of New York" when it was created in the 1930s. The 115-acre, 1.1-mile-long beach contains a hexagonal-block promenade, a central ...

Knowing how to swim is a valuable skill that can improve your health and fitness, and even help save your life. To make sure that New Yorkers stay safe in and near the water, we’re offering free ...