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BATTERY BOWERY PARK E BROADWAY n P CITY ARK CIVIC 20 SOUTH Playgrounds PL CENTER SIDE 14 n 5 Schoolyards-to-Playgrounds 34 n Community Gardens SOUTH ST 27 S 8 ST UNION AVE n FINANCIAL Swimming Pools DISTRICT BROOKLYN QUEENS EXPWY l WILLIAMSBURG Recreation Centers WALL ST Parkland 8 Baruch Playground Park 23 9th St. Community 1 East River Park• 9 Bellevue South Park• 17 The Public Theater Garden Park l Public Plazas 2 Tompkins Square Park• 10 Dry Dock Playground 18 La Plaza Cultural 24 Joseph C. Sauer Park• • l 3 Union Square Park 11 Grand Ferry park 19 McKinley Playground 25 6th St. and Ave. B Privately Owned 4 Madison Square Park 12 Peter’s Field 20 Henry M. Jackson Community Garden Public Spaces (POPS) 5 Corlears Hook Park• 13 Open Road Park Playground 26 Green Oasis and 6 Hamilton Fish Park• 14 Vladeck Park 21 Augustus St. Gaudens Gilbert’s Garden (S) New York State park • • (F) National Park Service park 7 Stuyvesant Square 15 First Park Playground 27 Pier 42 • Home to an active volunteer group 16 El Jardin Del Paraiso 22 Wald Playground m a n h at ta n c i t y c o u n c i l d i s t r i c t 2015 District Statistics 2

PARKS ACREAGE CD2 CITYWIDE1 RESOURCES FOR YOUR COMMUNITY 7% Total District Land (acres) 1,457 266,690 CITY COUNCIL MEMBER Rosie Mendez City, State & Federal Parkland2 (acres) 103 50,499 [email protected] Percent Parkland 7% 19% 212-677-1077 Parks & Playgrounds3 (acres) 92 23,635 Percent parkland of MANHATTAN COMMUNITY BOARD 2 total district acreage 212-979-2272 Percent Parks & Playgrounds 6% 9% MANHATTAN COMMUNITY BOARD 3 POPULATION & PARK ACCESS CD2 CITYWIDE 212-533-5300 Resident Population 165,586 8,128,980 40 MANHATTAN COMMUNITY BOARD 5 Ranking of park & 212-456-0907 Parks & Playground acres per 1,000 residents 0.6 2.9 playground acres per 1,000 residents MANHATTAN COMMUNITY BOARD 6 Residents within 5 minutes’ walk of a park 72% 61% 1= highest, 51= lowest 212-319-3750

Residents under 18 10% 22% CITY OF NEW YORK 6 311 or www.nyc.gov Park & Playground acres per 1,000 children 5.7 13.3 Ranking of residents within 5 minutes’ walk STATE & FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES Residents over 65 12% 12% of a park www.elections.state.ny.us 1= highest, 51= lowest Park & Playground acres per 1,000 seniors 4.8 23.3 PARTNERSHIPS FOR PARKS www.cityparksfoundation.org/partnerships-for-parks PARK AMENITIES CD2 CITYWIDE PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IN NYC Community Gardens 43 11 council.nyc.gov/pb Recreation Centers 1 1 1.8 Number of playgrounds NEW YORKERS FOR PARKS Playgrounds 29 34 per 1,000 children www.ny4p.org | 212-838-9410 The Arthur Ross Center for Parks and Open Spaces Swimming Pools 5 2 55 Broad Street, 23rd Floor New York, NY 10004 PARKS INSPECTION PROGRAM RATINGS, FISCAL YEAR 2014 CD2 CITYWIDE For over 100 years, New Yorkers for Parks Parks “Acceptable” for Condition 88% 86% 94%88% 95%96% has built, protected and promoted parks and open spaces in New York City. Today, NY4P is the Parks “Acceptable” for Cleanliness 95% 91% Condition Cleanliness citywide independent organization championing PARK FUNDING, quality parks and open spaces for all New Yorkers FISCAL YEAR 2010–2014 CD2 CITYWIDE 1 in all neighborhoods. Completed Projects (millions) $115.8 $26.1 Rank of Funding per Park & Playground acre Data Sources Funding per Park & 1= highest, 51= lowest All data is from 2014 unless noted. Parks Acreage: NYC Playground acre (millions) $1.26 $0.14 Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), NYC Department of City Planning (DCP), National Park Service (NPS), New York CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CD2 CITYWIDE State Offce of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation (OPRHP). Population & Park Access: American Community Survey Registered Voters 75% 73% (ACS) 2007-2011, Infoshare.org, DPR, DCP. Park Amenities: DPR, 75% GrowNYC. PIP Ratings: DPR. Park Funding,: DPR, FY 2010-2014. Park-related 311 calls per 1,000 residents 3.4 6.8 Registered voters Civic Engagement: NYC Board of Elections 2011, NYC Depart- ment of Information Technology and Telecommunications Park Volunteer Groups 22 10 (DOITT), and Partnerships for Parks. Socioeconomics: ACS 2007-2011, Infoshare.org. SOCIOECONOMICS CD2 CITYWIDE Map Data Median Household Income $59,383 $51,270 All data is from 2014: DPR, DOT, DCP, ESRI, 7 GrowNYC, NPS, OPRHP. Ranking of average Population in Poverty 16% 19% median income Project Staff 1= highest, 51= lowest Lucy Robson, Research & Planning Analyst Children Receiving Public Assistance 28% 33% Haley Cox, Research & Planning Intern Special Thanks to Alyson Beha 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