Playground

Hundreds of volunteers pitched in so Crown Heights kids can play safely this summer

Fort Washington Park will be revamped and restored as part of the city's $40 million plan.  

A 15-year-old boy was stabbed inside a school playground on Friday May 11, 2012.

Mourners held a vigil for 12-year-old Yakim McDaniels at the Lott Avenue site where he was killed.

A 17-year-old Bronx teen was accused of causing $100,000 worth of damage to a Queens playground.

A vandal used an excavator to destroy the Far Rockaway Park West playground.

City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez wants Parks to open a year-round rec center and ice skating rink uptown.

The Parks Department plans to remove the slide after 16 children nationwide were injured on it.

Construction on a major overhaul of Governors Island's public spaces begins in early 2012.  

A fight has been brewing at John Jay Park, pitting seniors who take yoga classes against those hoping to get outdoor exercise equipment geared to older adults.

The annual Halloween party at Hell's Kitchen Park was originally launched as a way to reclaim it from drug dealers.

Owners of a controversial new gay bar said they might keep it closed while nearby schools are open.

A Hell's Kitchen principal says a gay bar that plans to open near her school is inappropriate, citing a former pants-free drinks promotion.

Controverisal gay sports bar Boxers moved one step closer to opening a second location in Hell's Kitchen.

A Chelsea father is accused of of being the ring leader of a local housing complex drug ring dismantled by police Tuesday, prosecutors said.