Every year New York City transforms into one giant free Shakespeare festival, with the Bard’s plays being performed and work-shopped in parks across the city. Find your favorite Elizabethean comedy, ...

Astoria Pool - Lap Swim 7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Location: Astoria Pool (in Astoria Park) Category: Swimming/Aquatics Free!

Summer on the Hudson: Tots Soccer 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Location: 71st Street Soccer Field and Basketball Courts (in Riverside Park South) Category: Fitness, Best for Kids, Sports, Outdoor Fitness, ...

Movies Under the Stars: Wicked 8:30 p.m. – 11:15 p.m. Location: Union Turnpike and 196th Street (in Cunningham Park) Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars Free!

The Kids in Motion program engages children in active, outdoor play. An NYC Parks staff member leads four to seven hours of free activities in NYC’s playgrounds, including organized sports, games, ...

The Poe Park Visitor Center is a gallery space in the Bronx that offers free dynamic arts and cultural programming, from theatrical performances and concerts to fitness classes and recreational ...

Beginner Yoga 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Location: Sobelsohn Basketball Court (in Forest Park) Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Outdoor Fitness, Exercise Classes, Yoga & Pilates Classes Free!

Van Cortlandt Park — more than a thousand acres atop the ridges and valleys of the northwest Bronx — is New York City's third largest park. Playing fields and playgrounds are scattered about the ...

An unspoiled stretch of native wildlife, Four Sparrow is one of three nature preserves on the southern tip of Brooklyn. The park's distance from Brooklyn's residential areas has allowed its natural ...

Tree Time, a program of the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation and the City Parks Foundation, was established in 1994 to protect, preserve, and enhance New York City's street, park and ...

Explore our map to understand your access to vital parks and advocate for new resources in your community.

Freshkills Park At 2,200 acres, Freshkills Park will be almost three times the size of Central Park and the largest park developed in New York City in over 100 years. Formerly the world’s largest ...