A true jewel in the Bronx crown, the New York Botanical Garden features more than one million plants over 250+ acres. Said plants and acres are heightened by thoughtful exhibitions, such as one ...

800 East 161st St., Bronx, NY 10456. ... In more recent years the parkland fell into disrepair and was even deemed “the city’s worst park” by New Yorkers for Parks between 2003 and 2006.

A New York advocacy group is pushing for increased funding for Bronx parks. New Yorkers for Parks testified before the City Council and the Parks Department Monday and said that New York City is last.

The Bronx is has the most parks of any other borough in New York City, such as Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx Park, Wave Hill, Woodlawn Cemetery, Pelham Bay Park ...

NEW YORK – A fire in a Bronx high-rise that killed 17 people and injured ... Self-closing door violations were issued to Twin Parks North West in 2017 and 2019, the New York City Department of ...

NYC announces a 20-year plan to enhance accessibility and resilience of Hart Island, the city's public cemetery.

Public access to the island only began in recent years. In 2021, the city parks department took over management of the site ...

New York City Public Schools has teamed up with No Kid Hungry New York to provide free meals across the five boroughs throughout the summer.

Nick Banko paused during a bike ride in New York City’s Starlight Park on Monday afternoon when he saw something unusual in the Bronx River. Two dorsal fins were circling in the water, not far ...

However, the median size of New York parks is only 1.1 acres, ... Queens and the East Bronx lost the ability to get outside. Those closures did not affect wealthier neighborhoods. ...

Dolphins have been spotted frolicking in New York City’s Bronx River, ... “It’s true—dolphins were spotted in the Bronx River this week!,” the parks department gleefully tweeted.