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PARKS ACREAGE CD17 CITYWIDE1 RESOURCES FOR YOUR COMMUNITY 7% Total District Land (acres) 3,792 266,690 CITY COUNCIL MEMBER Maria del Carmen Arroyo City, State & Federal Parkland2 (acres) 263 50,499 [email protected] Percent Parkland 7% 19% 718-402-6130 Parks & Playgrounds3 (acres) 222 23,635 Percent parkland of total district acreage 718-585-7117 Percent Parks & Playgrounds 6% 9% POPULATION & PARK ACCESS CD17 CITYWIDE 718-328-9125 Resident Population 151,241 8,128,980 24 Ranking of park & 718-378-8054 Parks & Playground acres per 1,000 residents 1.5 2.9 playground acres per 1,000 residents Residents within 5 minutes’ walk of a park 59% 61% 1= highest, 51= lowest 718-579-6990

Residents under 18 31% 22% 18 718-823-3034 Park & Playground acres per 1,000 children 4.7 13.3 Ranking of residents within 5 minutes’ walk CITY OF NEW YORK Residents over 65 8% 12% of a park 311 or www.nyc.gov 1= highest, 51= lowest Park & Playground acres per 1,000 seniors 17.5 23.3 STATE & FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES www.elections.state.ny.us PARK AMENITIES CD17 CITYWIDE PARTNERSHIPS FOR PARKS Community Gardens 43 11 www.cityparksfoundation.org/partnerships-for-parks

Recreation Centers 2 1 1.3 PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IN NYC Number of playgrounds council.nyc.gov/pb Playgrounds 63 34 per 1,000 children Swimming Pools 2 2 NEW YORKERS FOR PARKS www.ny4p.org | 212-838-9410 PARKS INSPECTION PROGRAM RATINGS, The Arthur Ross Center for Parks and Open Spaces FISCAL YEAR 2014 CD17 CITYWIDE 55 Broad Street, 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10004

85% 86% Parks “Acceptable” for Condition 85% 86% 94% 96% For over 100 years, New Yorkers for Parks Parks “Acceptable” for Cleanliness 86% 91% Condition Cleanliness has built, protected and promoted parks and open spaces in . Today, NY4P is the PARK FUNDING, citywide independent organization championing FISCAL YEAR 2010–2014 CD17 CITYWIDE 12 quality parks and open spaces for all New Yorkers Completed Projects (millions) $21.6 $26.1 Rank of Funding per in all neighborhoods. Park & Playground acre Funding per Park & 1= highest, 51= lowest Playground acre (millions) $0.10 $0.14 Data Sources All data is from 2014 unless noted. Parks Acreage: NYC Depart- ment of Parks and Recreation (DPR), NYC Department of City CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CD17 CITYWIDE Planning (DCP), National Park Service (NPS), New York State Registered Voters 80% 73% Offce of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation (OPRHP). Population & Park Access: American Community Survey (ACS) 2007- 80% 2011, Infoshare.org, DPR, DCP. Park Amenities: DPR, GrowNYC. PIP Park-related 311 calls per 1,000 residents 3.7 6.8 Registered voters Ratings: DPR. Park Funding,: DPR, FY 2010-2014. Civic Engagement: Park Volunteer Groups 20 10 NYC Board of Elections 2011, NYC Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DOITT), and Partnerships SOCIOECONOMICS CD17 CITYWIDE for Parks. Socioeconomics: ACS 2007-2011, Infoshare.org. Map Data Median Household Income $13,871 $51,270 48 All data is from 2014: DPR, DOT, DCP, ESRI, Ranking of average GrowNYC, NPS, OPRHP. Population in Poverty 38% 19% median income 1= highest, 51= lowest Project Staff Children Receiving Public Assistance 61% 33% Lucy Robson, Research & Planning Analyst 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