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PARKS ACREAGE CD15 CITYWIDE1 RESOURCES FOR YOUR COMMUNITY 31% Total District Land (acres) 2,238 266,690 CITY COUNCIL MEMBER Ritchie Torres City, State & Federal Parkland2 (acres) 689 50,499 [email protected] Percent Parkland 31% 19% 718-931-1721 Parks & Playgrounds3 (acres) 683 23,635 Percent parkland of BRONX COMMUNITY BOARD 9 total district acreage 718-823-3034 Percent Parks & Playgrounds 30% 9% BRONX COMMUNITY BOARD 10 POPULATION & PARK ACCESS CD15 CITYWIDE 718-892-1161 Resident Population 157,872 8,128,980 12 BRONX COMMUNITY BOARD 11 Ranking of park & 718-892-6262 Parks & Playground acres per 1,000 residents 4.3 2.9 playground acres per 1,000 residents BRONX COMMUNITY BOARD 12 Residents within 5 minutes’ walk of a park 64% 61% 1= highest, 51= lowest 718-881-4455

Residents under 18 29% 22% CITY OF NEW YORK 9 311 or www.nyc.gov Park & Playground acres per 1,000 children 14.9 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 53.2 23.3 PARTNERSHIPS FOR PARKS www.cityparksfoundation.org/partnerships-for-parks PARK AMENITIES CD15 CITYWIDE PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IN NYC Community Gardens 17 11 council.nyc.gov/pb Recreation Centers 0 1 0.7 Number of playgrounds NEW YORKERS FOR PARKS Playgrounds 30 34 per 1,000 children www.ny4p.org | 212-838-9410 The Arthur Ross Center for Parks and Open Spaces Swimming Pools 2 2 55 Broad Street, 23rd Floor New York, NY 10004 PARKS INSPECTION PROGRAM RATINGS, FISCAL YEAR 2014 CD15 CITYWIDE For over 100 years, New Yorkers for Parks Parks “Acceptable” for Condition 84% 86% 94%84% 96%91% has built, protected and promoted parks and open spaces in New York City. Today, NY4P is the Parks “Acceptable” for Cleanliness 91% 91% Condition Cleanliness citywide independent organization championing PARK FUNDING, quality parks and open spaces for all New Yorkers FISCAL YEAR 2010–2014 CD15 CITYWIDE 34 in all neighborhoods. Completed Projects (millions) $31.4 $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) $0.05 $0.14 Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), NYC Department of City Planning (DCP), National Park Service (NPS), New York CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CD15 CITYWIDE State Offce of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation (OPRHP). Population & Park Access: American Community Survey Registered Voters 68% 73% (ACS) 2007-2011, Infoshare.org, DPR, DCP. Park Amenities: DPR, 68% GrowNYC. PIP Ratings: DPR. Park Funding,: DPR, FY 2010-2014. Park-related 311 calls per 1,000 residents 2.9 6.8 Registered voters Civic Engagement: NYC Board of Elections 2011, NYC Depart- ment of Information Technology and Telecommunications Park Volunteer Groups 9 10 (DOITT), and Partnerships for Parks. Socioeconomics: ACS 2007-2011, Infoshare.org. SOCIOECONOMICS CD15 CITYWIDE Map Data Median Household Income $9,243 $51,270 All data is from 2014: DPR, DOT, DCP, ESRI, 51 GrowNYC, NPS, OPRHP. Ranking of average Population in Poverty 37% 19% median income Project Staff 1= highest, 51= lowest Lucy Robson, Research & Planning Analyst Children Receiving Public Assistance 60% 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