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 manhattan - governors island - 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 Brooklyn 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 Collect Pond 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 New York City 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 .