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NYC is going green—at least, its landmarks are.  For the second year in a row, landmarks like the Empire State Building, The Arsenal at Central Park, The Washington Square Park Arch, The Parachute Jump at the Coney Island Boardwalk and One Vanderbilt Spire, will light up green tonight and tomorrow to honor essential park workers. Who is essential in NYC Parks? Any forestry, maintenance and programming staff, its parks ambassadors and enforcement patrol officers, as well as urban park rangers who have continued to maintain public greenspaces in support of the mental and physical health o...

Photos by Paul Martinka for the Prospect Park Alliance After being closed to the public for nearly seven years, the historic Concert Grove Pavilion in Prospect Park reopened this week following a restoration. Designed in 1874 by Calvert Vaux, who co-designed the Brooklyn park with Frederick Law Olmsted, the stunning structure features colorfully painted wood ceilings and iron columns, ornate wooden trim, and a star-patterned stained-glass dome. The 19th-century pavilion draws on “Hindu, Chinese, Moorish, and Egyptian motifs”, a popular design trend at the time, according to the Prospect ...

Sergeant Richardson's family and loved ones joined police for a dedication ceremony today. The life and service of Sergeant Geoffrey Richardson has been honoured today, as the Port Stephens-Hunter Police District dedicates its multi-purpose training room in his honour. Sergeant Geoffrey Richardson from the Port Stephens Local Area Command was killed when the police car he was driving crashed into a tree on Lovedale Road at Allandale, around 11.50pm on Saturday 5 March 2016. At the time, Sergeant Richardson had been driving to assist colleagues who were engaged in a pursuit. He was the only pe...

UpdatedMon, Dec 21, 2020 at 5:52 pm ET Reply The community composting site Big Reuse, located under the Queensboro Bridge, is pictured in 2018. (Courtesy of Big Reuse) LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS — A Long Island City composting site that faced eviction by the city's parks department at the end of the year is getting a six-month extension, after elected officials joined forces with hundreds of supporters in pressuring the city to let it stay put. Under the deal, the nonprofit Big Reuse will get to remain on its site under the Queensboro Bridge until June 2021, while the NYC Department of Sanit...

Reply The Department of Parks & Recreation is lighting up the five boroughs with special seasonal displays at 80 sites across New York City, including in Midtown: from Bella Abzug Park in Hell's Kitchen to Ralph Bunche Park across town. (Rachel Nunes/Patch) MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree gets most of the holiday glory in Midtown each year — but that doesn't mean it's the only display worth seeing. The Department of Parks & Recreation is lighting up the five boroughs with special seasonal displays at 80 sites across New York City, including in Midtown: from B...