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LIBERTY AV n E Swimming Pools l Parkland 8 Kissena Corridor Park 16 Linnaeus Park 25 Hillside Park Recreation Centers 1 • 9 Motor Parkway 17 Castlewood Playground 26 Telephone Playground l Public Plazas 2 10 Farm Playground 18 Challenge Playground 27 Bellerose Playground l 3 Grand Central Parkway 11 Breininger Park 19 Bell Malls 28 Nassau Mall South Privately Owned 4 Douglaston Park 12 Glen Oaks Oval 20 Tall Oak Playground 29 Bellaire Playground Public Spaces (POPS) Golf Course 13 Detective William T. 21 Playground Eighty LXXX 30 McLaughlin Playground 5 Queens Farm Park Gunn Park 22 Oakland Gardens• 31 Captain Dermody (S) State park (F) National Park Service park 6 Cross Island Parkway 14 Holy Cow Playground 23 Seven Gables Playground Triangle • Home to an active volunteer group 7 Alley Athletic Playground 15 Alley Park 24 Fresh Meadows Park• 32 Father Reilly Square 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 23

PARKS ACREAGE CD23 CITYWIDE1 RESOURCES FOR YOUR COMMUNITY 17% Total District Land (acres) 7,011 266,690 CITY COUNCIL MEMBER Vacant City, State & Federal Parkland2 (acres) 1,164 50,499 [email protected] Percent Parkland 17% 19% 718-468-0137 Parks & Playgrounds3 (acres) 1,162 23,635 Percent parkland of QUEENS COMMUNITY BOARD 8 total district acreage 718-264-7895 Percent Parks & Playgrounds 17% 9% QUEENS COMMUNITY BOARD 11 POPULATION & PARK ACCESS CD23 CITYWIDE 718-225-1054 Resident Population 156,094 8,128,980 5 QUEENS COMMUNITY BOARD 12 Ranking of park & 718-658-3308 Parks & Playground acres per 1,000 residents 7.4 2.9 playground acres per 1,000 residents QUEENS COMMUNITY BOARD 13 Residents within 5 minutes’ walk of a park 39% 61% 1= highest, 51= lowest 718-464-9700

Residents under 18 20% 22% CITY OF NEW YORK 44 311 or www.nyc.gov Park & Playground acres per 1,000 children 37 13.3 Ranking of residents within 5 minutes’ walk STATE & FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES Residents over 65 15% 12% of a park www.elections.state.ny.us 1= highest, 51= lowest Park & Playground acres per 1,000 seniors 49.6 23.3 PARTNERSHIPS FOR PARKS www.cityparksfoundation.org/partnerships-for-parks PARK AMENITIES CD23 CITYWIDE PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IN NYC Community Gardens 0 11 council.nyc.gov/pb Recreation Centers 0 1 1.0 Number of playgrounds NEW YORKERS FOR PARKS Playgrounds 33 34 per 1,000 children www.ny4p.org | 212-838-9410 The Arthur Ross Center for Parks and Open Spaces Swimming Pools 1 2 55 Broad Street, 23rd Floor New York, NY 10004 PARKS INSPECTION PROGRAM RATINGS, FISCAL YEAR 2014 CD23 CITYWIDE For over 100 years, New Yorkers for Parks Parks “Acceptable” for Condition 84% 86% 94%84% 92%96% has built, protected and promoted parks and open spaces in . Today, NY4P is the Parks “Acceptable” for Cleanliness 92% 91% Condition Cleanliness citywide independent organization championing PARK FUNDING, quality parks and open spaces for all New Yorkers FISCAL YEAR 2010–2014 CD1 CITYWIDE 50 in all neighborhoods. Completed Projects (millions) $9.2 $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) $0.01 $0.14 Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), NYC Department of City Planning (DCP), National Park Service (NPS), New York CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CD23 CITYWIDE State Offce of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation (OPRHP). Population & Park Access: American Community Survey Registered Voters 71% 73% (ACS) 2007-2011, Infoshare.org, DPR, DCP. Park Amenities: DPR, 71% GrowNYC. PIP Ratings: DPR. Park Funding,: DPR, FY 2010-2014. Park-related 311 calls per 1,000 residents 20.1 6.8 Registered voters Civic Engagement: NYC Board of Elections 2011, NYC Depart- ment of Information Technology and Telecommunications Park Volunteer Groups 7 10 (DOITT), and Partnerships for Parks. Socioeconomics: ACS 2007-2011, Infoshare.org. SOCIOECONOMICS CD23 CITYWIDE Map Data Median Household Income $40,848 $51,270 All data is from 2014: DPR, DOT, DCP, ESRI, 15 GrowNYC, NPS, OPRHP. Ranking of average Population in Poverty 7% 19% median income Project Staff 1= highest, 51= lowest Lucy Robson, Research & Planning Analyst Children Receiving Public Assistance 8% 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