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0 ¼ ½ Mile m a n h at ta n c i t y c o u n c i l 2015 City Council District Profiles d i s t r i c t W 125 ST 6

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E 59 ST l Parkland 6 Plaza 13 Gertrude Ederle 19 • Recreation2 Centers6 7 Recreation Center• 20 l W 1 Central Park• 42 14 Playground Eighty Nine Public Plazas ST • 8 Joan of Arc Park 21 Richard Tucker Square 2 Riverside Park LXXXIX l VE 9 Matthew P. Sapolin 22 Septuagesimo UNO 3 Riverside Park A South E 51 Privately Owned 8 ST 15 St. Gregory’s Playground Playground Public Spaces (POPS) 4 Theodore Roosevelt 16 Park Park• 10 Sol Bloom Playground 11 Tecumseh Playground 17 West 87th Street (S) State park 5 Malls • 12 Samuel N. Bennerson Garden (F) National Park Service park 2nd Playground 18 • Home to an active volunteer group m a n h at ta n c i t y c o u n c i l d i s t r i c t 2015 District Statistics 6

PARKS ACREAGE CD6 CITYWIDE1 RESOURCES FOR YOUR COMMUNITY 44% Total District Land (acres) 2,447 266,690 CITY COUNCIL MEMBER Helen Rosenthal City, State & Federal Parkland2 (acres) 1,089 50,499 [email protected] Percent Parkland 44% 19% 212-873-0282 Parks & Playgrounds3 (acres) 1,021 23,635 Percent parkland of MANHATTAN COMMUNITY BOARD 4 total district acreage 212-736-4536 Percent Parks & Playgrounds 42% 9% MANHATTAN COMMUNITY BOARD 7 POPULATION & PARK ACCESS CD6 CITYWIDE 212-362-4008 Resident Population 168,194 8,128,980 8 CITY OF NEW YORK Ranking of park & 311 or www.nyc.gov Parks & Playground acres per 1,000 residents 6.1 2.9 playground acres per 1,000 residents STATE & FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES Residents within 5 minutes’ walk of a park 67% 61% 1= highest, 51= lowest www.elections.state.ny.us Residents under 18 15% 22% PARTNERSHIPS FOR PARKS 8 www.cityparksfoundation.org/partnerships-for-parks Park & Playground acres per 1,000 children 39.4 13.3 Ranking of residents PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IN NYC within 5 minutes’ walk Residents over 65 16% 12% of a park council.nyc.gov/pb 1= highest, 51= lowest Park & Playground acres per 1,000 seniors 38.9 23.3 NEW YORKERS FOR PARKS

PARK AMENITIES CD6 CITYWIDE www.ny4p.org | 212-838-9410 The Arthur Ross Center for Parks and Open Spaces Community Gardens 2 11 55 , 23rd Floor Recreation Centers 2 1 1.5 New York, NY 10004 Number of playgrounds Playgrounds 39 34 per 1,000 children For over 100 years, New Yorkers for Parks has built, protected and promoted parks and Swimming Pools 3 2 open spaces in . Today, NY4P is the PARKS INSPECTION PROGRAM RATINGS, citywide independent organization championing FISCAL YEAR 2014 CD6 CITYWIDE quality parks and open spaces for all New Yorkers Parks “Acceptable” for Condition 89% 86% 94%89% 92%96% in all neighborhoods. Parks “Acceptable” for Cleanliness 92% 91% Condition Cleanliness Data Sources PARK FUNDING, All data is from 2014 unless noted. Parks Acreage: NYC FISCAL YEAR 2010–2014 CD6 CITYWIDE Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), NYC Department 37 of City Planning (DCP), National Park Service (NPS), New York Completed Projects (millions) $41 $26.1 Rank of Funding per State Offce of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation Park & Playground acre (OPRHP). Population & Park Access: American Community Survey Funding per Park & 1= highest, 51= lowest (ACS) 2007-2011, Infoshare.org, DPR, DCP. Park Amenities: DPR, Playground acre (millions) $0.04 $0.14 GrowNYC. PIP Ratings: DPR. Park Funding,: DPR, FY 2010-2014. Civic Engagement: NYC Board of Elections 2011, NYC Depart- CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CD6 CITYWIDE ment of Information Technology and Telecommunications Registered Voters 91% 73% (DOITT), and Partnerships for Parks. Socioeconomics: 91% ACS 2007-2011, Infoshare.org. Park-related 311 calls per 1,000 residents 4.2 6.8 Registered voters Map Data All data is from 2014: DPR, DOT, DCP, ESRI, Park Volunteer Groups 19 10 GrowNYC, NPS, OPRHP.

SOCIOECONOMICS CD6 CITYWIDE Project Staff Lucy Robson, Research & Planning Analyst Median Household Income $67,250 $51,270 4 Haley Cox, Research & Planning Intern Ranking of average Michael Bierman & Rori Spivey, Graphic Design Population in Poverty 10% 19% median income Special Thanks to Alyson Beha 1= highest, 51= lowest Children Receiving Public Assistance 8% 33% 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