2015 City Council District Profiles

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• Y Privately Owned 2 Hoffman Park Playground 13 Elmjack Mall R 20 Park 3 Moore Homestead 7 Northern Playground 14 Grand Slope D 21 Middleburgh Triangle Public Spaces (POPS)

Playground 8 Playground Ninety 15 Park 22 Park (S) New York State park • 4 Travers Park 9 Newtown Playground 16 Park (F) National Park Service park 10 Veterans Grove 17 Nine Heroes Plaza • Home to an active volunteer group q u e e n s c i t y c o u n c i l d i s t r i c t 2015 District Statistics 25

PARKS ACREAGE CD25 CITYWIDE1 RESOURCES FOR YOUR COMMUNITY 2% Total District Land (acres) 1,459 266,690 CITY COUNCIL MEMBER Daniel Dromm City, State & Federal Parkland2 (acres) 22 50,499 [email protected] Percent Parkland 2% 19% 718-803-6373 Parks & Playgrounds3 (acres) 22 23,635 Percent parkland of QUEENS COMMUNITY BOARD 4 total district acreage 718-760-3141 Percent Parks & Playgrounds 2% 9% QUEENS COMMUNITY BOARD 13 POPULATION & PARK ACCESS CD25 CITYWIDE 718-464-9700 Resident Population 159,799 8,128,980 50 CITY OF NEW YORK Ranking of park & 311 or www.nyc.gov Parks & Playground acres per 1,000 residents 0.1 2.9 playground acres per 1,000 residents STATE & FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES Residents within 5 minutes’ walk of a park 53% 61% 1= highest, 51= lowest www.elections.state.ny.us Residents under 18 19% 22% PARTNERSHIPS FOR PARKS 27 www.cityparksfoundation.org/partnerships-for-parks Park & Playground acres per 1,000 children 0.7 13.3 Ranking of residents PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IN NYC within 5 minutes’ walk Residents over 65 11% 12% of a park council.nyc.gov/pb 1= highest, 51= lowest Park & Playground acres per 1,000 seniors 1.2 23.3 NEW YORKERS FOR PARKS

PARK AMENITIES CD25 CITYWIDE www.ny4p.org | 212-838-9410 The Arthur Ross Center for Parks and Open Spaces Community Gardens 2 11 55 Broad Street, 23rd Floor Recreation Centers 0 1 0.8 New York, NY 10004 Number of playgrounds Playgrounds 25 34 per 1,000 children For over 100 years, New Yorkers for Parks has built, protected and promoted parks and Swimming Pools 0 2 open spaces in New York City. Today, NY4P is the PARKS INSPECTION PROGRAM RATINGS, citywide independent organization championing FISCAL YEAR 2014 CD25 CITYWIDE quality parks and open spaces for all New Yorkers Parks “Acceptable” for Condition 83% 86% 94%83% 89%96% in all neighborhoods. Parks “Acceptable” for Cleanliness 89% 91% Condition Cleanliness Data Sources PARK FUNDING, All data is from 2014 unless noted. Parks Acreage: NYC FISCAL YEAR 2010–2014 CD25 CITYWIDE Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), NYC Department 4 of City Planning (DCP), National Park Service (NPS), New York Completed Projects (millions) $6.3 $26.1 Rank of Funding per State Offce of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation Park & Playground acre (OPRHP). Population & Park Access: American Community Survey Funding per Park & 1= highest, 51= lowest (ACS) 2007-2011, Infoshare.org, DPR, DCP. Park Amenities: DPR, Playground acre (millions) $0.28 $0.14 GrowNYC. PIP Ratings: DPR. Park Funding,: DPR, FY 2010-2014. Civic Engagement: NYC Board of Elections 2011, NYC Depart- CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CD25 CITYWIDE ment of Information Technology and Telecommunications Registered Voters 54% 73% (DOITT), and Partnerships for Parks. Socioeconomics: 54% ACS 2007-2011, Infoshare.org. Park-related 311 calls per 1,000 residents 5 6.8 Registered voters Map Data All data is from 2014: DPR, DOT, DCP, ESRI, Park Volunteer Groups 3 10 GrowNYC, NPS, OPRHP.

SOCIOECONOMICS CD25 CITYWIDE Project Staff Lucy Robson, Research & Planning Analyst Median Household Income $26,357 $51,270 33 Haley Cox, Research & Planning Intern Ranking of average Michael Bierman & Rori Spivey, Graphic Design Population in Poverty 18% 19% median income Special Thanks to Alyson Beha 1= highest, 51= lowest Children Receiving Public Assistance 26% 33% Copyright 2015. New Yorkers for Parks. All rights reserved.

1 Value for the city as a whole; when italicized, average for all City Council Districts. 2 Parklands are all city land under the jurisdiction of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, and the National Park Service. 3 Parks & Playground excludes unvisitable properties, such as greenstreets, triangles, parking lots, undeveloped land, and highway properties. www.ny4p.org