List of parks in New York City

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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

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

Charlie Parker Jazz Festival
and dance, theater, and children's arts festivals.

Top ten parks by area

  1. Bronx - 2,772 acres (11.22 km2)[1][2]
  2. Greenbelt, Staten Island - 2,316 acres (9.37 km2)[1][2]
  3. Freshkills Park, Staten Island - 2,200 acres (8.9 km2)[2]
  4. Bronx - 1,146 acres (4.64 km2)[1][2]
  5. Central Park, Manhattan - 843 acres (3.41 km2)[1][2]
  6. Marine Park, Brooklyn - 798 acres (3.23 km2)[2]
  7. Bronx - 718 acres (2.91 km2)[2]
  8. Alley Pond Park, Queens - 655 acres (2.65 km2)[2]
  9. Forest Park, Queens - 544 acres (2.20 km2)[2]

While

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

  1. ^
    ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Frequently Asked Questions : NYC Parks". New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. June 26, 1939. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  3. ^ "Fact Sheet: Gateway NRA - Jamaica Bay Unit". National Parks of New York Harbor (U.S. National Park Service). October 27, 1972. Retrieved June 2, 2019.

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