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MANHATTAN VALLEY E 116 ST LEXINGTON AVE 16 HARLEM MEER EAST HARLEM 8 E 109 ST Randall’s Legend E 111 ST 1 W 96 ST Island E 107 ST E 110 ST 6 22 7 1/4 Mile E 106 ST 5 AVE 9 E 105 ST CENTRAL RDWater City Council Districts FDR DR PARK AVE Pollution 3 AVE T 27 Ward’s Control S MADISON AVE n Island Plant 22 WE City, State, and JACQELINE E 1021 AVEST ConEdison Federal Parkland ARK KENNEDY 31 Plant ONASSIS 2 AVE E 99 ST n RESERVOIR TRAL P CARNEGIE HILL Playgrounds EN 20 C E23 96 ST 13 A 2 VE n 21 A Schoolyards-to-Playgrounds VE 4 n Community Gardens HELL 21 ST GATE 19 5 27 ST 21 n ASTORIA Swimming Pools YORKVILLE 24 l A 8 16 ParkVE 23 Marx Brothers Plgd Recreation Centers THE Parkland 27 AVE l LAKE 1 Randall’s Island Park Garages/LotsNUE 17 Willis Playground 24 Pulaski ParkSTEINWAY UPPER EAST SIDE Public Plazas 2 Wards Island Park 9 East River Esplanade 18 Lot 25 People’s Park • • l 3 St. Mary’s Park 10 Joyce Kilmer Park 19 26 Crack Is Wack Plgd Privately Owned 4 Park• 11 Harlem River Park 20 Wagner Houses Pool 27 East River Playground Public Spaces (POPS) 5 12 Patterson Playground 21 Playground One Thirty 28 Wagner Playground 6 Franz Sigel Park• 13 Ralph Demarco Park Four CXXXIV 29 Nelson Playground• (S) State park • (F) National Park Service park 7 Park 14 Louis Cuvillier Park 22 Poor Richard’s 30 Fountain of Youth Plgd • Home to an active volunteer group 15 Triboro Plaza Playground 31 Playground 103 CIII m a n h at ta n / b ro n x c i t y c o u n c i l d i s t r i c t 2015 District Statistics 8

PARKS ACREAGE CD8 CITYWIDE1 RESOURCES FOR YOUR COMMUNITY 21% Total District Land (acres) 2,890 266,690 CITY COUNCIL MEMBER Melissa Mark-Viverito, Chair City, State & Federal Parkland2 (acres) 605 50,499 [email protected] Percent Parkland 21% 19% 212-828-9800 Parks & Playgrounds3 (acres) 484 23,635 Percent parkland of COMMUNITY BOARD 10 total district acreage 212-749-3105 Percent Parks & Playgrounds 17% 9% MANHATTAN COMMUNITY BOARD 11 POPULATION & PARK ACCESS CD8 CITYWIDE 212-831-8929 Resident Population 168,682 8,128,980 18 BRONX COMMUNITY BOARD 1 Ranking of park & 718-585-7117 Parks & Playground acres per 1,000 residents 2.9 2.9 playground acres per 1,000 residents CITY OF NEW YORK Residents within 5 minutes’ walk of a park 75% 61% 1= highest, 51= lowest 311 or www.nyc.gov

Residents under 18 27% 22% STATE & FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES 5 www.elections.state.ny.us Park & Playground acres per 1,000 children 10.8 13.3 Ranking of residents within 5 minutes’ walk PARTNERSHIPS FOR PARKS Residents over 65 10% 12% of a park www.cityparksfoundation.org/partnerships-for-parks 1= highest, 51= lowest Park & Playground acres per 1,000 seniors 29.7 23.3 PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IN NYC council.nyc.gov/pb PARK AMENITIES CD8 CITYWIDE NEW YORKERS FOR PARKS Community Gardens 52 11 www.ny4p.org | 212-838-9410 Recreation Centers 3 1 1.1 The Arthur Ross Center for Parks and Open Spaces Number of playgrounds Playgrounds 48 34 per 1,000 children 55 Broad Street, 23rd Floor New York, NY 10004 Swimming Pools 5 2 For over 100 years, New Yorkers for Parks PARKS INSPECTION PROGRAM RATINGS, has built, protected and promoted parks and FISCAL YEAR 2014 CD8 CITYWIDE open spaces in . Today, NY4P is the 69% 81% Parks “Acceptable” for Condition 69% 86% 94% 96% citywide independent organization championing Parks “Acceptable” for Cleanliness 81% 91% Condition Cleanliness quality parks and open spaces for all New Yorkers in all neighborhoods. PARK FUNDING, FISCAL YEAR 2010–2014 CD8 CITYWIDE 44 Data Sources Completed Projects (millions) $11. 5 $26.1 Rank of Funding per All data is from 2014 unless noted. Parks Acreage: NYC Park & Playground acre Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), NYC Department Funding per Park & 1= highest, 51= lowest of City Planning (DCP), National Park Service (NPS), New York Playground acre (millions) $0.02 $0.14 State Offce of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation (OPRHP). Population & Park Access: American Community Survey CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CD8 CITYWIDE (ACS) 2007-2011, Infoshare.org, DPR, DCP. Park Amenities: DPR, GrowNYC. PIP Ratings: DPR. Park Funding,: DPR, FY 2010-2014. Registered Voters 82% 73% Civic Engagement: NYC Board of Elections 2011, NYC Depart- Park-related 311 calls per 1,000 residents 2.5 6.8 82% ment of Information Technology and Telecommunications Registered voters (DOITT), and Partnerships for Parks. Socioeconomics: Park Volunteer Groups 10 10 ACS 2007-2011, Infoshare.org. Map Data SOCIOECONOMICS CD8 CITYWIDE All data is from 2014: DPR, DOT, DCP, ESRI, Median Household Income $17,573 $51,270 44 GrowNYC, NPS, OPRHP. Ranking of average Project Staff Population in Poverty 35% 19% median income Lucy Robson, Research & Planning Analyst 1= highest, 51= lowest Haley Cox, Research & Planning Intern Children Receiving Public Assistance 57% 33% Michael Bierman & Rori Spivey, Graphic Design 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