QUEENS CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 2015 City Council District Profiles 26 E 96 RESERVOIR ST RIKERS ISLAND CARNEGIE CHANNEL HILL 8 LUYSTER CREEK 6 HELL DITMARS GATE YORKVILLE BOWERY E 86 ST B AY 21 ST STEINWAY E 77 ST VE D Ravenswood A IT HALLETS 30 R M LENOX D A 21 R Queensbridge ARK 4 22 COVE S P HILL ASTORIA BLVD B ASTORIA LV D HEIGHTS Long Island City UPPER 4 G EAST ASTORIA RAND Hunters Point B CEN R TR VE 33 AL SIDE A 30 O PK A VE A WY Sunnyside 3 2 VE O T K S L Y Y St. Michael’s Sunnyside Gardens A N Cemetery 3 W ROOSEVELT 5 A Q VE N Blissville 5 ISLAND I U E 7 STE E SUTTON RAVENSWOOD N Woodside S PLACE 15 E X P W T T T T S Y 8 S 24 8 S 9 30 ST 2 T 9 S 2 82 ST S 36 1 ST A 4 2 AVE EAST CHANNEL T 8 VE 31 QUEENSBRIDGE T T 34 4 T 1 3 A 43 ST 7 S 7 2 S A 23 VE 44 ST5 AVE T 2 3 40 2 3 S VE 4 3 2 T 46 ST S 41 4S BROADWAY51 ST A T 3 S A VE 2 8 T VE A 2 T N VE 3 T 25 7 S S E 2 3 S W 39 3 6 NORTHERN BLVD WEST CHANNEL A 3 CRESCENT S VE 34 ST T 4 38 ST O 4 3 AVE JACKSON 3 RD W N 55 ST HEIGHTS LONG 54 ST 28 56 ST ISLAND NETT AVE 44 AVE CITY BAR WOODSIDE 44 R 39 A D Amtrack VE 14 29 44 DR 26 Yards AV 25 45 AN E 5 62 ST 63 ST 46 TH M 59 ST A LL 57 ST 58 ST VE KI 11 60 ST 61 ST 4 9 S 6 TH 43 AVE SUNNYSIDE 12 ELT AVE ROOSEV HUNTERS 17 GARDENS 34 WOODSIDE 10 26 41 AVE POINT A PL 21 VE 0 1 ST 30 16 3 47 3 A VE 18 QUEENS BLVD 42 AVE 3 49 AVE T 27 22 SUNNYSIDE 19 20 44 AVE 2 S HU 13 AVE NTE 45 DUTCH KILLS RS 48 OWN P AVE T O 47 ST 6 EW CREE IN 9 PL N K 3 New Calvary T 48 ST A 50 58 LN MCGUINNESS BLVD VE AVE Cemetery EAST BLISSVILLE LON RIVER G ISLA VE ND A EX PW Legend Y GREENPOINTR Calvary E L VE L V Cemetery I A IE H W Mt. Zion L 1/4 Mile A V E Cemetery E R URICE U A GREENPOINT A M HUMBOLDT ST KINGSLANDAVE L City Council Districts n MASPETH City, State, and NASSAU AVE 56 RD 2 BUSHWICK INLET 33 ELL AVE Federal Parkland DW MASPETH CREEK AL ASPETH C n M AVE Playgrounds RUST ST 30 n 34 Schoolyards-to-Playgrounds NORTH FLUSHING AVE SIDE n ENGLISH KILLS Community Gardens ELIOT AVE n Swimming Pools l Parkland 8 Dutch Kills Playground 15 Spirit Playground 23 A.R.R.O.W. Field House• Recreation Centers 1 Queensbridge Park• 9 Murray Playground 16 Andrews Grove 24 Sixteen Oaks Grove l Public Plazas 2 Rainey Park• 10 Gantry Plaza 17 Court Square Park 25 Playground Thirty Five • l 3 Hunter’s Point State Park (S) 18 Sabba Park XXXV Privately Owned South Park 11 Torsney Playground• 19 Sherry Park• 26 Steinmann Triangle Public Spaces (POPS) 4 Socrates Sculpture Park• 12 Doughboy Plaza• 20 Sperge Park 27 Vernon Mall 5 Lawrence Virgilio Plgd• 13 L/CPL Thomas P. Noonan 21 John Vincent Daniels Jr. 28 Sergeant Collins Triangle (S) New York State park • (F) National Park Service park 6 Big Bush Park Jr. Playground Square 29 Gordon Triangle • Home to an active volunteer group 7 Ravenswood Playground 14 Hart Playground 22 Bridge and Tunnel Park 30 Winfield Plaza QUEENS CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 2015 District Statistics 26 PARKS ACREAGE CD26 CITYWIDE1 RESOURCES FOR YOUR COMMUNITY 2% Total District Land (acres) 3,555 266,690 CITY COUNCIL MEMBER James Van Bramer City, State & Federal Parkland2 (acres) 69 50,499 [email protected] Percent Parkland 2% 19% 718-383-9566 Parks & Playgrounds3 (acres) 62 23,635 Percent parkland of QUEENS COMMUNITY BOARD 1 total district acreage 718-626-1021 Percent Parks & Playgrounds 2% 9% QUEENS COMMUNITY BOARD 2 POPULATION & PARK ACCESS CD26 CITYWIDE 718-533-8773 Resident Population 148,188 8,128,980 43 CITY OF NEW YORK Ranking of park & 311 or www.nyc.gov Parks & Playground acres per 1,000 residents 0.4 2.9 playground acres per 1,000 residents STATE & FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES Residents within 5 minutes’ walk of a park 59% 61% 1= highest, 51= lowest www.elections.state.ny.us Residents under 18 18% 22% PARTNERSHIPS FOR PARKS 20 www.cityparksfoundation.org/partnerships-for-parks Park & Playground acres per 1,000 children 2.4 13.3 Ranking of residents PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IN NYC within 5 minutes’ walk Residents over 65 11% 12% of a park council.nyc.gov/pb 1= highest, 51= lowest Park & Playground acres per 1,000 seniors 3.9 23.3 NEW YORKERS FOR PARKS PARK AMENITIES CD26 CITYWIDE www.ny4p.org | 212-838-9410 The Arthur Ross Center for Parks and Open Spaces Community Gardens 4 11 55 Broad Street, 23rd Floor Recreation Centers 1 1 1.1 New York, NY 10004 Number of playgrounds Playgrounds 30 34 per 1,000 children For over 100 years, New Yorkers for Parks has built, protected and promoted parks and Swimming Pools 1 2 open spaces in New York City. Today, NY4P is the PARKS INSPECTION PROGRAM RATINGS, citywide independent organization championing FISCAL YEAR 2014 CD26 CITYWIDE quality parks and open spaces for all New Yorkers 78% 87% Parks “Acceptable” for Condition 78% 86% 94% 96% in all neighborhoods. Condition Cleanliness Parks “Acceptable” for Cleanliness 87% 91% Data Sources PARK FUNDING, All data is from 2014 unless noted. Parks Acreage: NYC FISCAL YEAR 2010–2014 CD26 CITYWIDE Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), NYC Department 8 of City Planning (DCP), National Park Service (NPS), New York Completed Projects (millions) $14.5 $26.1 Rank of Funding per State Office 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) $0.24 $0.14 GrowNYC. PIP Ratings: DPR. Park Funding,: DPR, FY 2010-2014. Civic Engagement: NYC Board of Elections 2011, NYC Depart- CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CD26 CITYWIDE ment of Information Technology and Telecommunications Registered Voters 64% 73% (DOITT), and Partnerships for Parks. Socioeconomics: 64% ACS 2007-2011, Infoshare.org. Park-related 311 calls per 1,000 residents 6.2 6.8 Registered voters Map Data All data is from 2014: DPR, DOT, DCP, ESRI, Park Volunteer Groups 14 10 GrowNYC, NPS, OPRHP. SOCIOECONOMICS CD26 CITYWIDE Project Staff Lucy Robson, Research & Planning Analyst Median Household Income $51,362 $51,270 10 Haley Cox, Research & Planning Intern Ranking of average Michael Bierman & Rori Spivey, Graphic Design Population in Poverty 16% 19% median income Special Thanks to Alyson Beha 1= highest, 51= lowest Children Receiving Public Assistance 27% 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.