Parks Department

The Parks Department welcomes the $1 million-paying holiday market, but one artist believes it's hypocritical.

A coalition of community groups and local officials will rally at LaGuardia Place at 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5, to protect open spaces from New York University.

CB12 struck a compromise to install limited benches and game tables in the redesigned Orville & Wilbur Playground.

Manhattan Parks Commissioner Bill Castro said the city will not allow dogs on Battery Park's lawn.

Residents differed on whether the NYPD should have ticketed seven men for playing chess in Inwood Hill Park.

Local leaders pushed to plant cherry trees along the Bowery as part of a redesign of the high-traffic stretch.

The park features a lighthouse dedicated to the 1,517 Titanic victims.

Families enjoyed an unseasonably warm day as they celebrated the reopening of Indian Road Playground on Sunday.

Members of a group called "Inwoof" tidied up Inwood Hill Park's dog run for the citywide 'It's My Park Day.'

Karla DelGallo's six-month-old daughter was killed in her arms when they were hit by a tree branch in Central Park in June.

An attempt at limiting concerts at Tompkins Square Park has not been greeted well by organizers.

Explore the historic and famous Little Red Lighthouse along the Hudson River Saturday at its 18th annual festival.

The Parks Department wants residents to adopt one of over 7,000 new street trees in Manhattan.

The Parks Department wants residents to surf the Internet and weigh in with their dreams of what a park should be.

Willie Rainey thought the city-planted trees on West 145th Street looked pathetic, so he spruced them up.