Open Space Inventory Update

Community Planning Fellows Aleena Farishta & Julie Sophonpanich May 5th, 2014 Parks and open space inventory

On the agenda: - updates on parks in lower - - privately owned public spaces - community gardens

Source: Community Board 1 Parks and open space inventory, 2011

Source: Community Board 1 2011

Source: Community Board 1 PARKS INVENTORY (2013)

East River Esplanade Pier 15

Data acquired from Department of Parks & Recreation (2013) Drumgoole Plaza

Gold Street & Frankfort Street Drumgoole Plaza not accessible

- Created as part of the DOT’s public plaza program (owned by DOT) - Managed by NYC Department of Parks and Recreation - Park closed as part of the Bridge rehabilitation project since 2010

Source: NYC DOT; NYC DPR; NY4P

Peck Slip Park

Between Front Street & South Street Reconstruction of Peck Slip

- Created as a park in 2009 by NYC DPR - DPR Park ID M167; 0.19 Acres - Reconstruction managed by the City of New York Department of Design+Construction (DDC) - Old Seaport Alliance turning median into a public plaza (DOT & Downtown Alliance)

Source: NYC DDC; NYC DPR; NY4P East River Esplanade

East River From Fulton Street to Broad Street East River Esplanade

Active Space Passive Space - Dog park - “Lunch” benches - Cycling - “Viewing” benches - Jogging Park

Between Lafayette and Centre Street

Governors Island Updates on Governors Island

- An additional 30 acres of park space - Open 7 days a week - Free shuttle ferry on Saturday mornings

Source: The Trust for Governors Island

Credit: The Trust for Governors Island for Governors TrustThe Credit:

MAP OF GOVERNORS ISLAND Privately Owned Public Spaces (POPS) Privately Owned Public Spaces

- POPS inventory collected from the book Privately Owned Public Space: The Experience by Jerold S. Kayden, The New York City Department of City Planning, and the Municipal Art Society of New York (John Wiley & Sons 2000)

Data acquired from Department of City Planning Community Gardens Community gardens in CD1

Tweed Courthouse Garden Fishbridge Park Garden