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S • Public Plazas 2 U McCarren Park 11 Walt Whitman Park 17 Taaffe Playground 25 Steuben Playground N l W3A Park 12 Thomas Greene Plgd 18 Star Spangled Playground 26 Middleton Playground Privately Owned GO 4 Msgr. McGolrick Park• 13 19 WNYC Transmitter Park 27 Jacob’s Ladder Plgd Public Spaces (POPS) 5 Promenade 20 Lot 28 Ericsson Playground 6 14 Anchorage Plaza 21 Hillside Park• 29 Nicholas Naquan (S) State park (F) National Park Service park 7 15 McLaughlin Park 22 Adam Yauch Park Heyward Jr. Park • Home to an active volunteer group 8 Trinity Park 23 Roebling Playground 30 Fruit Street Sitting Area b ro o k ly n c i t y c o u n c i l d i s t r i c t 2015 District Statistics 33

PARKS ACREAGE CD33 CITYWIDE1 RESOURCES FOR YOUR COMMUNITY 6% Total District Land (acres) 3,004 266,690 CITY COUNCIL MEMBER Stephen Levin City, State & Federal Parkland2 (acres) 172 50,499 [email protected] Percent Parkland 6% 19% 781-875-5200 Parks & Playgrounds3 (acres) 161 23,635 Percent parkland of total district acreage 718-389-0009 Percent Parks & Playgrounds 5% 9% POPULATION & PARK ACCESS CD33 CITYWIDE 718-596-5410 Resident Population 158,166 8,128,980 28 QUEENS COMMUNITY BOARD 3 Ranking of park & 718-622-6601 Parks & Playground acres per 1,000 residents 1 2.9 playground acres per 1,000 residents Residents within 5 minutes’ walk of a park 63% 61% 1= highest, 51= lowest 718-643-3027

Residents under 18 26% 22% CITY OF NEW YORK 12 311 or www.nyc.gov Park & Playground acres per 1,000 children 3.9 13.3 Ranking of residents within 5 minutes’ walk STATE & FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES Residents over 65 8% 12% of a park www.elections.state.ny.us 1= highest, 51= lowest Park & Playground acres per 1,000 seniors 13.3 23.3 PARTNERSHIPS FOR PARKS www.cityparksfoundation.org/partnerships-for-parks PARK AMENITIES CD33 CITYWIDE PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IN NYC Community Gardens 18 11 council.nyc.gov/pb Recreation Centers 1 1 1.2 Number of playgrounds NEW YORKERS FOR PARKS Playgrounds 52 34 per 1,000 children www.ny4p.org | 212-838-9410 The Arthur Ross Center for Parks and Open Spaces Swimming Pools 4 2 55 Broad Street, 23rd Floor New York, NY 10004 PARKS INSPECTION PROGRAM RATINGS, FISCAL YEAR 2014 CD33 CITYWIDE For over 100 years, New Yorkers for Parks Parks “Acceptable” for Condition 87% 86% 94%87% 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 CD33 CITYWIDE 2 in all neighborhoods. Completed Projects (millions) $108.7 $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) $0.67 $0.14 Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), NYC Department of City Planning (DCP), National Park Service (NPS), New York CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CD33 CITYWIDE State Offce of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation (OPRHP). Population & Park Access: American Community Survey Registered Voters 88% 73% (ACS) 2007-2011, Infoshare.org, DPR, DCP. Park Amenities: DPR, 88% GrowNYC. PIP Ratings: DPR. Park Funding,: DPR, FY 2010-2014. Park-related 311 calls per 1,000 residents 8 6.8 Registered voters Civic Engagement: NYC Board of Elections 2011, NYC Depart- ment of Information Technology and Telecommunications Park Volunteer Groups 17 10 (DOITT), and Partnerships for Parks. Socioeconomics: ACS 2007-2011, Infoshare.org. SOCIOECONOMICS CD33 CITYWIDE Map Data Median Household Income $33,547 $51,270 All data is from 2014: DPR, DOT, DCP, ESRI, 25 GrowNYC, NPS, OPRHP. Ranking of average Population in Poverty 28% 19% median income Project Staff 1= highest, 51= lowest Lucy Robson, Research & Planning Analyst Children Receiving Public Assistance 51% 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