Steve Simon

The Parks Department is proposing two metal ramps to provide more access to the Esplanade.

The renovation will include additional water features, seating and picnic tables.

A Parks Department official updated Community Board 2 on the various projects in the Village and SoHo.

The u-shaped wheelchair ramp at the 81st Street pedestrian bridge will be replaced by a new design.

The city has proposed reducing the height of the park's iron fence from 7 to 4 or 5 feet. 

The Parks Department's plan for Clement Clarke Moore Park includes installing new play units and swings.

Community members are working to design an inclusive and accessible play space in the neighborhood. 

The watchtower atop Marcus Garvey Park will begin to be dismantled by the end of November.

Residents would like to see better lighting and updated play equipment in the neglected park.

The watchtower atop Marcus Garvey Park will begin to come down in November. It will be restored in 2017.

Locals have battled over a redesign of the "dangerous" playground for more than a year. 

The staffer blamed an opposition group for halting progress on Playground 89's redesign. 

The West 71st Street park is not well known, but is well loved by neighbors who tend to it.

The redesign of the playground sparked a heated debate between Upper West Side parents.

Work on the iconic Greenwich Village park is set to conclude in June, according to the city's website.