Park News:

When Park Noise isn't always a Picnic (Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe on WNYC today)

Thousands of birds, like the hermit thrush, make a pit stop at NYC parks during spring migration

Hot Off the Presses: A Jungle Gym

Delayed fields set to reopen

Artists and conservancies paint rival pictures of new regulations

Hello, readers!  New Yorkers for Parks hosted a Blooming Event at Harlem’s Marcus Garvey Park on Saturday, April 24. NY4P was out in the park to celebrate Earth Day’s 40th Anniversary and to distribute Daffodil Project Blooming Maps.  We were joined by Mount Morris Park Community Park Improvement Association, who led a tour of the Mount Morris Park Historic District. Don’t miss their 21st Annual Neighborhood House Tour event on Sunday, June 13. Visit MMPCIA’s website for more details.  Special thanks to MMPCIA, Tonnie’s Minis and Ristorante Settepani for making our day in the park so special. 

 And don’t forget that NY4P’s Daffodil Project Photo Contest is accepting entries until Friday, April 30th. Submit your entries today! Official rules and submission instructions can be found at www.ny4p.org.

Park News:

Winter tennis in Central Park nixed

Developer Joe Sitt has no plans for tattered Coney Island lots

Spring Clean Up No Day at the Beach

Devasted Marine Park to get 60 new trees

Park News:

Artists fight public hearing on vendor restrictions in parks with freedom of expression

Do over! Bridge Park planners admit playground goof 

Friday greens fees are still the same 

For Gardener, Love of a Park Comes With the Job

Happy Earth Day! And congratulations to our Daffodil Breakfast Honorees! Thank you for all your hard work in helping to beautify your neighborhoods parks, playgrounds, community gardens and New York City!

Park News:

Underground, but over budget, Croton water facility creeps closer to completion 

Harris Fields Toxicity Report Shows Lead Levels 4 Times Higher Than Federal Standards 

(See related article on the persistence of lead in playgrounds and soil throughout the “lead belt” in NYC: “Lead Poisoning, a Stubborn Nemesis”

Brooklyn Bridge Reopens to a “Cooler” Crowd 

NY Senate Buggin' Out Over Pesticides on Playgrounds 

Natural playgrounds are growing into a national trend