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West Concourse, East Concourse, Concourse Village, Melrose South, Mott Haven North, Mott Haven, BRONX Port Morris, Longwood, Hunts Point, Soundview, CITY Clason Point, Harding Park, Bruckner, COUNCIL 2009 DISTRICT 17 Crotona Park East Parks are an essential city service. They are the barometers of our city. From Flatbush to Flushing and Morrisania to Midtown, parks are the front and backyards of all New Yorkers. Well-maintained and designed parks offer recreation and solace, improve property values, reduce crime, and contribute to healthy communities. SHOWCASE : South Bronx Harlem River Waterfront New Yorkers for Parks’ Community Design Program enables New Yorkers in areas underserved by green space to take ownership of their local parks and open spaces. Neigh- borhood groups engage in a design process to create or renovate parkland, reflecting the unique goals of their own com- munities. New Yorkers for Parks collaborated with the Friends of Fox Playground, Longwood Brook Park, a local conservancy The Bloomberg Administration’s physical barriers or crime. As a result, group, to create a conceptual plan for the South Bronx Harlem PlaNYC is the first-ever effort to studies show significant increases in River Waterfront that includes a sustainably address the many infra- nearby real estate values. Greenways canoe launch, sculpture cre- structure needs of New York City, are expanding waterfront access ated by local artists, benches for including parks. With targets set for while creating safer routes for cyclists passive recreation and a small stormwater management, air quality and pedestrians, and the new initia- promenade at the water’s edge. and more, the City is working to tive to reclaim streets for public use Visit www.ny4p.org for more update infrastructure for a growing brings fresh vibrancy to the city. information on the Community population while addressing envi- Design Program. ronmental concerns. Through ambi- New York City’s population is tious goals to increase access to parks projected to increase by one million and open spaces, New York’s fiscally new residents by 2030, and demand prudent administration affirms that for our 29,000 acres of parkland investing in parks is good business. will only grow. It is imperative that creative efforts to expand our open Park innovations have flourished in spaces continue—but perhaps more recent years. The creation of Hudson importantly, existing parks must be River Park and the revitalization of protected, maintained and adequate- Bryant Park allow access to areas ly funded to best serve current and that were previously off-limits due to future New Yorkers. City Council District Profiles City Council District Profiles Citywide CITYWIDE Parks by the A New Master Plan for Parks Numbers Significant steps have been made toward PlaNYC’s parks and open space targets, which include ensuring 29,000 that every New Yorker lives within a 10-minute walk Acres of parkland of a park and planting 1 million trees. Important 1,700 projects like the development of regional parks and Parks the “schoolyards-to-playgrounds” initiative, which opens schoolyards after hours to the public, increase 1,000 recreation space, thus resulting in an even greater Playgrounds need for maintenance funds. 2,300 PlaNYC shows the City’s commitment to Greenstreets improving open space and recreation opportunities. 12,000 Now, we must take the next step and create a master Acres of natural areas plan for New York City’s parks, which does not exist today. A master plan would respond to particular 600,000 neighborhood and regional needs and outline how Park trees best to expand the park system to serve current 2 million and future residents. Street trees Any expansion to the parks system requires 14 maintenance funding. Most city parks rely on Miles of beaches public funding, but this is not a predictable source as evidenced by the current economic recession. 800 While spending on park maintenance increased by Athletic fields 50 percent under Mayor Bloomberg between 2003 50 and 2008, a gloomy economic forecast can be expect- Recreation centers ed to result in cuts to the Parks budget in 2009 and beyond. Public-private partnerships will be affected 66 by the recession as well. Innovative funding streams Pools —as well as improved management strategies— can help ensure that the parks system will 6 weather these storms. Top: Breininger Playground, Queens Ice rinks Above: Central Park, Manhattan 22 Historic house museums Historical City Funding for the Parks Department (Adjusted) 1,000 $500 Monuments, sculptures and $400 historical markers DOLLARS $300 OF $200 MILLIONS $100 IN $0 ’89 ’90 ’91 ’92 ’93 ’94 ’95 ’96 ’97 ’98 ’99 ’00 ’01 ’02 ’03 ’04 ’05 ’06 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10* FISCAL YEAR *2010 = Projected budget By the Borough: Bronx BRONX Parkland Alienation Park Inspection Program Ratings: Parks by the Bronx vs. Citywide (Percent rated acceptable) Numbers Although the Bronx has the most parkland of the Bronx Citywide five boroughs, much of that acreage is contained in 100% 2,596 Pelham Bay Park, at 2,766 acres the largest in the city. Acres of natural areas Bronx parks have been subject to two significant cases 90% of “alienation”: the taking of parkland for a non-park 191 use. In 2003, the City and State approved construc- Playgrounds 80% tion of a water filtration plant in Van Cortlandt Park, and in 2006, 22 acres of well-loved parkland 117 70% Comfort stations were alienated for a new Yankee Stadium. The Van 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Cortlandt Park case was high-profile and resulted in The Parks Department conducts 5,000 park inspections annually 374 mitigation funds for Bronx parks, but the alienation through their internal rating system, the Park Inspection Program. Drinking fountains at Yankee Stadium took place in only eight days with residents left in the dark. Both cases resulted in 144 soured relations between the City and the affected Athletic fields communities. Unfortunately, parkland can be legally 201 taken without public notification. The alienation pro- Basketball courts cess must be strengthened so that parkland in every borough can be preserved for New Yorkers. 436 Greenstreets Three non-profit partner groups fundraise for Bronx parks, in addition to 10 groups that raise money to 10 Pools support parks citywide. Bronx Park Staffing 27 Gardeners & Assistant Gardeners 216 City Parks Workers At left: Van Cortlandt Park, Van Cortlandt Village & Associate Park Above: Poe Park, Fordham Service Workers 52 The Bronx has the highest percentage of land devoted to parks of the five boroughs. Park Supervisors Bronx Citywide Park acreage 7,002 29,000 12 Recreation Directors & Percent of borough devoted to parks 26% 14% Specialists The Bronx has the 2nd lowest number of residents per acre of parkland of the five boroughs. 5 Total population 1.3 million 8 million Playground Associates Residents per acre of parkland 190 276 23 The Bronx has the 2nd greatest tree canopy coverage of the five boroughs. Parks Enforcement Patrol Tree canopy (trees on public and private land) 24% 24% (PEP) Officers & Urban Park Rangers Number of street trees per mile of sidewalk 37 41 Barretto Point Park, Hunt’s Point 00.5 1Miles bronX CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 17 AV T L V E LAND 175 M N ST E W A VA RT TO AV CA AV AV E 174 ST LY W 172 ST E 174 ST East Tremont District Statistics AV DA E 173 ST BELMONT * AV VR PY 13 Mount Eden E 179 ST ACREAGE OF CITY PARKS 10 TE V Van Nest W 169 ST AN BUREN ST W 170 ST E 175 ST MARMION ONX R 14 THGA Total district acreage 3,279 BR BA 1 E 172 ST West Farms BathgateE 172 ST AV 15 Total parkland acreage 252 HUDSON Washington Heights * ON * T RIVER E 170 ST E 171 ST GUERLAIN ST Parkchester Parks & playgrounds acreage 159 MARCY PL FUL Percent City parkland AV UNIONPOR W 164 ST of total district acreage BEA Percent parkland 8% W CH GRANT T RD High Bridge AV GL AV Citywide 14% WILKINS AV STARLING Concourse AV Claremont Village E 174 ST E 167 ST AV AV AV AV W 165 ST SE TA 23 W 157 ST BENEDICT Ranking of City parkland POPULATION YLOR RIVERSIDE DR VY SEDGWICK COLLEGE AV E 173 ST BOONE acres/resident Polo EL Population 163,059 Ground 16 AV (1=highest, 51=lowest) 2 AV Houses Population under 18 56,023 WEBSTER 18 VIRGINIA 6 STRA HARLEM RIVER DR AV FRANKLIN GLEASON Percent under 18 34% 4 5 E 164 ST TFORD 37 AV W 150 ST AV 34 Acres parkland per 1,000 residents 2 7 HOME ST OCK BLACKR Ranking of City parks & 7 AV AV AV 3 34 COLGA WATSON playgrounds acres/child Acres parks & playgrounds per 1,000 children 3 18 BR MORRIS 36 TE Y AN EP ANT AV 8 Morrisania AV BOL QUIMBY LANGUAGE ACCESS CD 17 Citywide MORRISON Hamilton Heights HARLEM H AV AV 19 35 T ON AV SHERID RIVER Concourse Village 38 LELAND Most common foreign language spoken at home Spanish Spanish 33 PUGSLEY AV 42 AV 40 AV PARK E 163 ST OSPECT AV * OSE 32 Percent of homes speaking this language 41% 18% 39 AV 10 PR Y AV Soundview OR AV CONVENT W 144 ST 9 ST NOBLE 41 AV MELR E 163 ST BEA 20 UNION E 150 ST CH Manhattanville 17 AV CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CD 17 Citywide AV 21 E 158 ST AV 16 E 153 ST 31 A AV OOK SENEC Registered voters 66% 76% BR 30 E 146 ST AV 24 Longwood Number general parks-related 11 25 311 calls per 1,000 residents 3 10 TLANDT AV E 152 ST 43 E 140 ST 15 44 Number of parks-related 311 calls for maintenance AV COUR E 148 ST 28 29 per 1,000 residents 1 1 TRINITY W 132 ST ARK P 26 27 45 PUGSLEY'S CREEK AV E 14314 ST LEGGETT AV ONWO ST ALL FRED DOUGLASS BL 22 46 RAND PARK RESOURCES CD 17 Citywide AV AV UXT R 1 ST MORRIS THEN ST 9 23 TR Does not include capital funding allocated to multiple districts or citywide.