Title: 596 Acres

URL: http://596acres.org/

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Subject:   Land use,  City planning,  Vacant lands,  Open spaces,  Community development

Title: Alliance for Flushing Meadows Corona Park

URL: http://allianceforfmcp.org/

Description: "The mission of the Alliance for Flushing Meadows Corona Park is to support NYC Parks to preserve, maintain, and improve Flushing Meadows Corona Park for the benefit and use of the surrounding communities and all New Yorkers."

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Subject:   Parks,  Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.)

Title: A walk in the park, Walk in the park

URL: http://awalkintheparknyc.blogspot.com/

Description: "A news and information resource dedicated to transparency, accountability, community-based planning & consultation, and the health and public safety of visitors and employees in New York City's public park and recreation system."

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Subject:   Parks

Title: Atlanta BeltLine

URL: http://beltline.org/

Description: "The Atlanta BeltLine is the most comprehensive transportation and economic development effort ever undertaken in the City of Atlanta and among the largest, most wide-ranging urban redevelopment programs currently underway in the United States. The Atlanta BeltLine is a sustainable redevelopment project that will provide a network of public parks, multi-use trails and transit along a historic 22-mile railroad corridor circling downtown and connecting many neighborhoods directly to each other."

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Subject:   Transportation,  Trails,  City planning,  Sustainable development,  Parks

Title: BQ Green, BQGreen

URL: http://bqgreen.org/

Description: "BQGreen will create a 'park out of thin air' by extending a concrete platform over a portion of the BQE expressway that runs below the street level in Williamsburg, Brooklyn between S. Third and S. Fifth Streets. BQGreen will integrate Marcy Green and Rodney Park, two existing parks which currently are adjacent to the expressway. The design for the new park calls for 3.5-acres of open space with a flower garden, a playground, a baseball diamond, barbecues, grassy and wooded areas, an indoor pool and a water play zone."

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Subject:   City planning,  Parks

Title: Bryant Park

URL: http://bryantpark.org/

Description: "The ongoing mission of the BPC is: to create a rich and dynamic visual, cultural and intellectual outdoor experience for New Yorkers and visitors alike; to enhance the real estate values of its neighbors by continuously improving the park; to burnish the park's status as a prime NYC tourist destination by presenting a meticulously maintained venue for free entertainment events; and to help prevent crime and disorder in the park by attracting thousands of patrons, at all hours, thus fostering a safe environment."

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Subject:   Bryant Park (New York, N.Y.),  Parks

Title: Clinton Community Garden

URL: http://clintongarden.org/

Description: "Our garden is located at 434 West 48th Street in Manhattan between 9th and 10th avenues. The garden was created in 1978 by Hell's Kitchen residents who cleared out the rubble from a long-vacant lot and began planting it with flowers, herbs, fruits, and vegetables."

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Subject:   Community gardens,  Neighborhood planning

Title: DeKalb Market Hall

URL: http://dekalbmarkethall.com/

Description: "Showcasing 40 vendors who reflect the cultural and ethnic diversity of the borough, DeKalb Market Hall is raising Brooklyn’s profile as a hub of innovative cooking and dining experiences."

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Subject:   Food courts,  Economic development

Title: Elizabeth Street Garden

URL: http://elizabethstreetgarden.org/

Description: "Friends of Elizabeth Street Garden remains 100% committed to our mission to preserve Elizabeth Street Garden as a unique public green, open space and New York City Park."

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Subject:   Community gardens,  Neighborhood planning,  Parks

Title: East Village Parks Conservancy

URL: http://evpcnyc.org/

Description: "The East Village Parks Conservancy is a not-for-profit, community-based organization of volunteers who are committed to the care, restoration and expansion of East Village public parkland. Building upon our rich, local heritage of diversity and community activism, and working in partnership with governmental agencies and like-minded community organizations and businesses, we work to ensure that our green spaces survive and prosper."

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Subject:   Parks

Title: Forest Park Trust

URL: http://forestparktrust.org/

Description: "The Forest Park Trust, Inc. partners with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation and the community to support, maintain and program Forest and Highland Parks. The Trust is a non-profit organization founded in 1998."

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Subject:   Forest Park (New York, N.Y. : Park),  Parks,  Highland Park (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Freshkills Park Alliance

URL: http://freshkillspark.org/

Description: "The Freshkills Park Alliance supports the transformation of the Fresh Kills Landfill into an extraordinary 2,200 acre urban park that will be a model for sustainable waterfront land reclamation, a source of pride for Staten Island and New York City, and a gift of open space for generations to come."

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Subject:   Parks

Title: Friends of Cooper Park

URL: http://friendsofcooperpark.nyc/

Description: "The mission of Friends of Cooper Park is to protect and care for Cooper Park in partnership with the local community and the NYC Parks Department. We value Cooper Park as a heavily-used piece of open space in a part of the city without a lot of green space. Intensive growth in our neighborhood, and within the vicinity of Cooper Park is bringing many new residents and increasing pressure on the park. We seek to ensure that Cooper Park is resourced enough that it can continue to provide for existing residents while accommodating many more people in the coming years."

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Subject:   Cooper Park (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Friends of Cunningham Park

URL: http://friendsofcunninghampark.org/

Description: "Friends of Cunningham Park, Inc. is a 501C3 organization dedicated to the maintenance of Cunningham Park as the premier park of Northeast Queens. Our goal is to improve, preserve and protect the park and its facilities."

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Subject:   Cunningham Park (New York, N.Y.),  Parks

Title: Friends of Sunset Park

URL: http://friendsofsunsetpark-brooklyn.blogspot.com/

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Subject:   Sunset Park (New York, N.Y.: Park),  Parks

Title: Gardens Rising

URL: http://gardensrising.org/

Description: "Gardens Rising is a community-based environmental project to reduce stormwater flooding on the Lower East Side by building green infrastructure in our community gardens."

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Subject:   Stormwater inflitration,  Neighborhood planning,  Community gardens

Title: Greenacre Park

URL: http://greenacrepark.org/

Description: Greenacre Park is a pocket park located at 217 E. 51st St in Manhattan (between 2nd Avenue and 3rd Avenue).

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Subject:   Greenacre Park (New York, N.Y.),  Parks

Title: Friends of Dag Hammarskjold Plaza

URL: http://hammarskjoldplaza.org/

Description: "Friends of Dag Hammarskjold Plaza is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit community organization whose mission is the care, preservation and beautification of Dag Hammarskjold Plaza and its Katharine Hepburn Garden

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Subject:   Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (New York, N.Y.),  Open spaces,  Parks

Title: La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez Community Garden

URL: http://laplazacultural.com/

Description: "La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez Community Garden was founded in 1976 by local residents and greening activists who took over what were then a series of vacant city lots piled high with rubble and trash. In an effort to improve the neighborhood during a downward trend of arson, drugs, and abandonment common in that era, members of the Latino group CHARAS cleared out truckloads of refuse...In 2003 La Plaza was renamed in memory of Armando Perez, a CHARAS founder and former District Leader of the Lower East Side who was killed in 1999."

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Subject:   Community gardens,  Neighborhood planning

Title: New York Marble Cemetery

URL: http://marblecemetery.org/

Description: "The cemetery, incorporated in 1831, was the first non-sectarian burial place in New York City open to the public. The organizer was Perkins Nichols, with Anthony Dey and George W. Strong handling the conveyances. Its popularity was so great that another one--the New York City Marble Cemetery--was soon built just around the corner. Although there are many similarities between the two, they have always been independent of each other."

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Subject:   Cemeteries

Title: Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Conservancy

URL: http://mcpc.org/

Description: "Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Conservancy in Flushing, New York, is a park conservancy organization working to make our namesake park more productive and enjoyable. Our park offers a diversity of activities including baseball, cricket, soccer, swimming, model airplane flying, USTA tennis, kite flying, fishing, and kayaking. It also offers a science museum, an art museum, a zoo, a recreation center, and various youth educational programs."

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Subject:   Parks,  Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Montefiore Springfield Cemetery

URL: http://montefiorecemetery.org/

Description: "Montefiore Cemetery has been serving the Jewish community in the New York area and throughout the world since 1908."

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Subject:   Jewish cemeteries

Title: Mosaic Man : Jim Power and his Mosaic Trail

URL: http://mosaicmannyc.com/

Description: Blog by artist Jim Power, creator of public Mosaic Trail in NYC's East Village.

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Subject:   Artists--Blogs,  Mosaics

Title: Natural Areas Conservancy

URL: http://naturalareasnyc.org/

Description: "The Natural Areas Conservancy is a champion of NYC’s 20,000 acres of forests and wetlands for the benefit and enjoyment of all. Our team of scientists and experts promote nature’s diversity and resilience across the five boroughs, working in close partnership with the City of New York."

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Subject:   Open spaces,  Urban forestry,  Wetlands,  Parks

Title: Open Space Alliance for North Brooklyn

URL: http://osanb.org/

Description: "The Open Space Alliance for North Brooklyn (OSA) works with the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation, elected officials, and our community to maintain, activate, enhance, and expand parks and public spaces in North Brooklyn."

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Subject:   Open spaces,  Parks

Title: Olde Towne of Flushing Burial Ground Conservancy

URL: http://otfbgconservancy.org/

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Subject:   Cemeteries,  African American cemeteries

Title: Park Odyssey

URL: http://parkodyssey.blogspot.com/

Description: Blog about visiting all NYC parks

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Subject:   Parks

Title: Park to Park 103

URL: http://parktopark103.com/

Description: "Park to Park 103 will expand the NYC Open Street between Riverside & Amsterdam into a continuous, people-friendly corridor that connects Riverside to Central Park, & everything & everyone in between."

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Subject:   Pedestrian areas,  Open spaces

Title: Friends of Pelham Bay Park

URL: http://pelhambaypark.org/

Description: "Since 1992, Friends of Pelham Bay Park has worked with Parks & Recreation to ensure that Pelham Bay Park is used for recreation, education and conservation by present and future generations."

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Subject:   Parks,  Pelham Bay Park (New York, N.Y.)

Title: PortSide NewYork

URL: http://portsidenewyork.org/

Description: "Our goal is to create a new kind of maritime destination in NYC, one that sets a new standard for how to bring urban waterways to life. A place bustling with boats where PortSide grows synergies between the community ashore and the community afloat. Here authentic maritime and creative Brooklyn meet. PortSide NewYork produces and hosts WaterStories programs in arts, education, preservation, resiliency, workforce and harbor advocacy on and off our flagship, the historic tanker MARY A. WHALEN. PortSide brings the communities ashore and afloat together, for the benefit of all."

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Subject:   New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.),  Waterfronts,  Historic ships,  Mary A. Whalen (Tanker)

Title: Red Hook Preservation.Org

URL: http://redhookpreservation.org/

Description: "Residents of Red Hook and visitors to Valentino park are alarmed at a recent proposal for the construction of a very large Comfort Station and more pavement throughout the park. They feel that the construction project is too elaborate and will significantly reduce the green area of this very small park. The large footprint of the Comfort Station alone will reduce the park’s lawn area by about one-third."

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Subject:   Parks,  Red Hook (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Reimagining the Waterfront : Manhattan's East River Esplanade, CIVITAS East River Esplanade Vision Plan

URL: http://reimaginethewaterfront-civitas.com/

Description: "This key CIVITAS initiative grew from recognition of the deteriorated condition of the East River Esplanade from 60th-125th Streets and the documented lack of high-quality park space in the eastern areas of our community."

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Subject:   Waterfronts,  Parks,  Design

Title: Sara D. Roosevelt Park Coalition

URL: http://sdrpc.mkgarden.org/

Description: "A shimmering stretch of green amidst the sea of concrete, asphalt, and tightly-packed buildings, Sara D. Roosevelt Park provides a refreshing respite for residents and visitors of Manhattan's Lower East Side. Named for philanthropist and Presidential mother Sara Delano Roosevelt in 1934, the park remains a vibrant common ground for senior citizens, children, and recent immigrants, as well as the more recent addition of artists and young professionals."

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Subject:   Sara D. Roosevelt Park (New York, N.Y.),  Parks

Title: Shore Road Parks Conservancy

URL: http://shoreroadparks.org/

Description: The Conservancy's objective is "to beautify, improve, promote and protect the acres of parkland in Bay Ridge, from the Verrazano Bridge to and including Owl’s Head Park, for the enjoyment of the public, by coordinating the efforts of government agencies and volunteers and securing public and private funding."

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Subject:   Parks

Title: Greenbelt Conservancy

URL: http://sigreenbelt.org/

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Subject:   Parks,  Greenbelt, The (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Protectors of Pine Oak Woods

URL: http://siprotectors.org/

Description: "Protectors is committed to increasing the stewardship of Staten Island's existing parkland, bluebelt corridors and nature preserves and to continuing the effort to preserve Staten Island's natural areas."

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Subject:   Natural areas,  Parks,  Greenbelts

Title: Socrates Sculpture Park

URL: http://socratessculpturepark.org/

Description: "Socrates Sculpture Park is a community engaged New York City waterfront park dedicated to supporting artists in the production and presentation of public art."

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Subject:   Public art,  Parks

Title: St. Michael's Cemetery

URL: http://stmichaelscemetery.com/

Description: "St. Michael’s Cemetery is situated in the borough of Queens in New York City. Established in 1852, St. Michael’s is one of the oldest religious, nonprofit cemeteries in the New York City metropolitan area which is open to people of all faiths. It is owned and operated by St. Michael’s Church, an Episcopal congregation located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan."

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Subject:   Cemeteries

Title: Friends of St. Nicholas Park - Harlem’s Historic Green

URL: http://stnicholasparknyc.org/

Description: "The Friends of St. Nicholas Park is a coalition of residents and community based organizations, working together to revitalize our neighborhood’s natural resource. We advocate for the increase in programming, beautification projects, and the over all positive use of our 23-acre park."

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Subject:   Saint Nicholas Park (New York, N.Y.),  Parks

Title: Stuyvesant Cove Park Association

URL: http://stuyvesantcove.org/

Description: "The SCPA is committed to bringing people of all ages to the park and presents free programming open to all during the summer season. The SCPA has also provided financial support to Solar 1, the organization contracted to manage and maintain the park."

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Subject:   Stuyvesant Cove (New York, N.Y.),  City planning,  Parks,  Waterfronts

Title: Siempre Verde Garden – A LES NYC Community Garden

URL: http://svgarden.org/

Description: "Siempre Verde Garden celebrates the ethnic riches and intergenerational connections of our LES community by providing a place to be with nature. SVG improves quality of life, offers sustainable living—an educational resource for the neighborhood."

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Subject:   Community gardens

Title: The Lowline

URL: http://thelowline.org/

Description: The Lowline aims to convert a historic trolley terminal beneath Delancey Street into an extraordinary subterranean public park.

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Subject:   Parks,  City planning

Title: QueensWay

URL: http://thequeensway.org/

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Subject:   City planning,  Parks,  Historic sites--Conservation and restoration,  Railroads, Elevated,  Railroads--Abandonment,  QueensWay (New York, N.Y.),  LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch (Viaduct)

Title: Friends of WNYC Transmitter Park

URL: http://transmitterpark.org/

Description: "The mission of the Friends of Transmitter Park is to protect and care for Transmitter Park in partnership with the local community [and NYC resources.] We treasure Transmitter Park as a sanctuary and refuge for insects, birds, plants and wildlife, and honor it as a sacred common space for all Greenpoint residents and visitors. As our neighborhood undergoes drastic transformation, we seek to preserve the spirit of Transmitter Park, especially the equity of access to the waterfront, open air, and passive natural green space, which we regard as an inviolable human right."

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Subject:   Transmitter Park (New York, N.Y.),  Parks

Title: Washington Square Park Conservancy

URL: http://washingtonsquareparkconservancy.org/

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Subject:   Parks,  Washington Square (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance

URL: http://waterfrontalliance.org/

Description: "The Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance is an alliance of over 800 organizations with ties to our regional waterways. Together we are working to transform the waters of New York and New Jersey Harbor into clean and accessible places to learn, work and play, with inviting parks, dependable jobs and reliable, eco-friendly transportation for all."

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Subject:   Waterfronts,  Planning

Title: Astoria Park Alliance

URL: http://www.astoriaparkalliance.org/

Description: "Astoria Park Alliance exists to ensure the conversation and sustainability of Astoria Park for all New Yorkers by empowering public partnerships."

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Subject:   Astoria Park (New York, N.Y.),  Parks

Title: Battery Park City Authority

URL: http://www.batteryparkcity.org/

Description: The Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority is a New York State Public benefit corporation created by the New York State Legislature in 1968, whose mission is to plan, create, co-ordinate and maintain a balanced community of commercial, residential, retail, and park space within its designated 92-acre site on Manhattan's lower west side.

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Subject:   Battery Park City (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Battery Park City Parks Conservancy

URL: http://www.bpcparks.org/

Description: Battery Park City Parks Conservancy (BPC Parks) operates nearly 36 acres of open space on the southern tip of Manhattan, including parks and gardens, playing fields, playgrounds, plazas and walkways.

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Subject:   Battery Park City (New York, N.Y.),  Parks

Title: Broadway Mall Association

URL: http://www.broadwaymall.org/

Description: "For 30 years, the Broadway Mall Association (BMA) has worked to beautify and maintain the malls. Initially founded as a community organization in 1980 by Eugene Hide to address the neglect of the malls stemming from the City’s fiscal crisis of the 1970s, the BMA became a not-for-profit organization in 1987. Today, BMA remains committed to carrying out Eugene Hide’s vision of the Broadway malls as a beautiful stretch of greenery uniting the diverse neighborhoods along Broadway."

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Subject:   Broadway (New York, N.Y.),  Public spaces,  Parks

Title: Brooklyn Greenway Initiative

URL: http://www.brooklyngreenway.org/

Description: "Brooklyn Greenway Initiative (BGI) is the 501c3 non-profit organization committed to the establishment, development and long-term stewardship of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway."

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Subject:   Greenways,  Waterfronts,  City planning

Title: Brooklyn Waterfront History

URL: http://www.brooklynwaterfronthistory.org/

Description: "Brooklyn Bridge Park (BBP) and Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS) bring to life the history of the waterfront through a unique partnership. The area that is today Brooklyn Bridge Park has been a site of bustling commerce, a transportation terminal, a refuge for immigrants, an artistic and activist center, and much more. To tell these stories, BBP and BHS have collaborated on a series of historical markers throughout the park. This accompanying website allows visitors to delve deeper, explore thematic tours, and examine some of BHS’s rich historical documents."

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Subject:   Waterfronts,  Memorials,  East River (N.Y.)

Title: Carl Schurz Park Conservancy

URL: http://www.carlschurzparknyc.org/

Description: "Carl Schurz Park Conservancy, a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit corporation in the state of New York, is the oldest park conservancy in New York City. Carl Schurz Park, a 15.2 acre space on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, extends from East 84th Street to East 90th Street, and from East End Avenue to the East River."

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Subject:   Carl Schurz Park (New York, N.Y.),  Parks

Title: Christopher Park Alliance

URL: http://www.christopherpark.org/

Description: "Christopher Park is located in the heart of Greenwich Village. Bounded by Grove Street, West 4th Street, and Christopher Street, the park has provided residents and tourists with a place to relax since its founding in 1837. In June 2016, President Obama designated the creation of Stonewall National Monument, based in Christopher Park. Creation of national monument, the first in America to honor the struggle for LGBTQI rights, entailed the transfer of the park from NYC to the National Park Service. Prior to the designation, the park was already included in the Stonewall listing as a National Historic Landmark as it was integral to the Stonewall riots of 1969."

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Subject:   Christopher Park (New York, N.Y.),  Gay rights,  Parks

Title: New York City Garden Preservation Coalition

URL: http://www.earthcelebrations.com/gardens/gardens.html

Description: "The New York City Garden Preservation Coalition is a network of gardeners, community members, local schools, religious institutions, community centers and organizations working together to preserve the network of community gardens in New York City. The New York City Garden Preservation Coalition was founded in November 1994, to explore the possibility of forming a Land Trust and other preservation options, such as Permanent Site Status."

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Subject:   Neighborhood planning,  Community gardens

Title: Friends of the East River Greenway

URL: http://www.eastrivergreenwaynyc.org/

Description: "Friends of the East River Greenway is a coalition of non-profit organizations that support completing the East River Greenway between 38th and 60th streets using funds generated by the U.N.'s modernization."

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Subject:   Greenways,  Waterfronts,  City planning

Title: Essex Street Market

URL: http://www.essexstreetmarket.com/

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Subject:   Markets,  Real estate development,  Essex Street Market (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Fort Greene Park Conservancy

URL: http://www.fortgreenepark.org/

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Subject:   Parks

Title: Friends of Brower Park

URL: http://www.friendsofbrowerpark.org/

Description: "Friends of Brower Park is a 501(c)3, not-for-profit conservancy. We partner with the NYC Parks Department, Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, Brooklyn Children’s Museum and the NYC Compost Project hosted at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens. Brower Park opened in 1892 as a 4 acre treed parkland. Today it is a 7 acre natural world oasis surrounded by an urban streetscape. "

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Subject:   Brower Park (New York, N.Y.),  Parks

Title: Friends of Corlears Hook Park

URL: http://www.friendsofcorlears.org/

Description: "Friends of Corlears Hook Park is a non-profit, volunteer group that works to maintain and revitalize Corlears Hook Park for the benefit of Lower East Side residents and visitors."

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Subject:   Corlears Hook Park (New York, N.Y.),  Parks

Title: Governors Island -- park & public space : master plan, Governors Island Park

URL: http://www.govisland.com/

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Subject:   Governors Island National Monument (New York, N.Y.),  Parks

Title: Green-Wood : National Historic Landmark in Brooklyn, New York, Green-Wood Cemetery

URL: http://www.green-wood.com/

Description: "Founded in 1838 and now a National Historic Landmark, Green-Wood was one of the first rural cemeteries in America. By the early 1860s, it had earned an international reputation for its magnificent beauty and became the prestigious place to be buried, attracting 500,000 visitors a year, second only to Niagara Falls as the nation's greatest tourist attraction."

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Subject:   Green-Wood Cemetery (New York, N.Y.),  Cemeteries

Title: Green Guerillas

URL: http://www.greenguerillas.org/

Description: "Green Guerillas uses a unique mix of education, organizing and advocacy to help people cultivate community gardens, sustain grassroots groups, grow food, engage youth, and address issues critical to the future of their gardens."

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Subject:   Community gardens,  Urban agriculture,  Neighborhood planning

Title: Hunter's Point South

URL: http://www.hunterspointsouth.com/

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Subject:   Hunters Point (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy

URL: http://www.jbrpc.org/

Description: "The Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy (JBRPC) is a public-private partnership established in 2013 that is dedicated to improving the 10,000 acres of public parkland throughout Jamaica Bay and the Rockaway peninsula for local residents and visitors alike. "

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Subject:   Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge (New York, N.Y.),  Parks,  Wetlands

Title: Los Angeles River revitalization

URL: http://www.lariver.org/

Description: City of Los Angeles's Revitalization Master Plan for the river is "a plan aimed at enhancing existing communities by creating a safe environment with more open space, parks, trails, recreation, environmental restoration, riverfront living and commerce, new jobs, neighborhood identity, economic development, tourism, and civic pride."

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Subject:   Waterfronts,  City planning,  Sustainable development,  Parks

Title: Statue of Liberty - Ellis Island Foundation, Inc.

URL: http://www.libertyellisfoundation.org/

Description: "In 1982, President Ronald Reagan asked Lee Iacocca, then Chairman of Chrysler Corporation, to head a private sector effort to raise funds for the restoration and preservation of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation (SOLEIF) was founded. The Foundation's fundraising drive sparked a dramatic response. The American people contributed more than $700 million (and counting!) to the repair, restoration, and maintenance of these two great monuments to freedom."

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Subject:   Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.),  Statue of Liberty National Monument (N.Y. and N.J.),  Parks

Title: Liz Christy Community Garden

URL: http://www.lizchristygarden.us/

Description: "This was the First Community Garden in New York City founded in 1973; it is located on the northeast corner of Bowery and Houston Streets in Manhattan."

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Subject:   Community gardens,  Neighborhood planning

Title: Maker Park

URL: http://www.maker-park.org/

Description: "We envision an adaptive reuse park that captures the eclectic vibrancy of Williamsburg, Brooklyn and honors its history by breathing new life into the site's rich industrial fabric. The idea for Maker Park springs from an awareness that our waterfront heritage is being wiped away at alarming speed and the fact that parks have the potential to be more than one-dimensional green spaces. Maker Park is posed to achieve the acute community need for green open space while also serving as a dynamic, interactive and educational public space that unites a neighborhood."

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Subject:   Parks,  Land use,  Bayside Oil Depot (New York, N.Y.),  City planning

Title: Monumental women

URL: http://www.monumentalwomen.org/

Description: "The Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Statue Fund, Inc. (the Statue Fund) is a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization dedicated to placing the first statue honoring women’s history in New York City’s Central Park. With support from the New York City Parks Department and the Central Park Conservancy, our statue site will be on the northwest corner of the Literary Walk portion of The Mall, the widest pedestrian path in Central Park. We are currently in the process of commissioning and endowing the monument, which will honor Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and other pioneers in the battle for women’s right to vote and the larger movement for women’s rights."

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Subject:   Women--Monuments,  Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906,  Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902,  Statues,  Parks

URL: http://www.moraviancemetery.com/

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Subject:   Moravian Cemetery (New York, N.Y.),  Cemeteries

Title: Mount Carmel Cemetery

URL: http://www.mountcarmelcemetery.com/

Description: "Mount Carmel Cemetery has provided a century of service to the Jewish community. Our first interment took place on December 28, 1906. To date we have more than 114,000 interments in Sections 1 through 5 of the cemetery."

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Subject:   Jewish cemeteries

Title: Mount Judah Cemetery

URL: http://www.mountjudah.com/

Description: "Highland View Cemetery Corporation a/k/a Mount Judah Cemetery was incorporated in 1908. It took four years to map out the Cemetery and install the roads. The first burial took place on March 8, 1912. To date, approximately 54,000 burials have taken place."

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Subject:   Jewish cemeteries

Title: Mount Zion Cemetery

URL: http://www.mountzioncemetery.com/

Description: "Mount Zion Cemetery encompasses an area of 78 acres. This cemetery is located in Maspeth, Queens ... When this cemetery was first established the surrounding area was considered to be rural. There was an ongoing need for burial spaces to accommodate the explosion of the immigrant population in not only Queens, but also the nearby neighborhoods of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Mount Zion Cemetery has more than 210,000 burials on its 78 acres making it one of the more interesting burial grounds."

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Subject:   Jewish cemeteries

Title: Newtown Creek Alliance

URL: http://www.newtowncreekalliance.org/

Description: "The Newtown Creek Alliance is a community-based organization dedicated to restoring, revealing and revitalizing Newtown Creek. We work to restore community health, water quality, habitat, access, and vibrant commerce along Newtown Creek. Since 2002, the Alliance has served as a catalyst for effective community action. Our efforts have made a positive and enduring impact on the health and quality of life of Creek-side communities."

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Subject:   Newtown Creek (Kings County-New York County, N.Y.),  Waterfronts

Title: North Shore Waterfront Conservancy of Staten Island, Inc.

URL: http://www.nswcsi.org/

Description: "NSWC is a community based grass roots organization. Our mission is to advance and promote increased safe and sustainable public access to the waterfront. To build healthier, greener communities along the Kill Van Kull. To advance public policies and laws to be inclusive of the needs of Staten Island's North Shore environmental justice communities and waterfront communities."

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Subject:   Waterfronts

Title: New York Harbor Parks

URL: http://www.nyharborparks.org/

Description: "The National Parks of New York Harbor Conservancy (Harbor Conservancy) is the primary nonprofit partner of the National Parks of New York Harbor (NPNH)--a division of the National Park Service that stewards 10 national parks with 22 destinations in the NY/NJ Metropolitan Area. Our shared goals are natural and cultural resource protection, improving access to parks, enhancing the visitor experience and expanding park funding through philanthropy and earned revenue."

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Subject:   Parks,  New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)

Title: Oasis Community Garden

URL: http://www.oasiscommunitygarden.com/

Description: "Located on West 52nd between 10th and 11th Avenues, Oasis Community Garden invites you to come in and smell the roses—and wander our pathways fashioned from the bricks of tenements that once stood on the lot—and daydream on our lawn until the fireflies come out—and admire the butterflies as they flit among our native perennials."

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Subject:   Community gardens

Title: Ocean View Cemetery

URL: http://www.oceanviewcemetery.net/

Description: "Ocean View Cemetery is a non-sectarian cemetery serving the needs of people of all religions and nationalities. We have been serving these needs for over 100 years and our cemetery is the resting place for over 50,000 loved ones."

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Subject:   Cemeteries

Title: Parkways

URL: http://www.park-ways.com/

Description: "Parkways parklets are flexible interventions that reclaim and beautify underutilized vehicular hardscapes for plants and people. Using permaculture as a model we integrate holistic approaches to create ecosystems that increase health and happiness in urban areas."

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Subject:   Parks

Title: Pier55

URL: http://www.pier55.com/

Description: "Pier55 will revitalize a part of Hudson River Park with almost three acres of new public park space featuring lush greenery and a diverse array of world-class arts, educational and community programming."

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Subject:   Parks,  Hudson River Park (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Project for Public Spaces

URL: http://www.pps.org/

Description: "Project for Public Spaces (PPS) is a nonprofit planning, design and educational organization dedicated to helping people create and sustain public spaces that build stronger communities."

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Subject:   City planning,  Public spaces

Title: Riverside Park Fund

URL: http://www.riversideparkfund.org/

Description: Riverside Park Fund is the non-profit support organization for Riverside Park in New York City.

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Subject:   Riverside Park (New York, N.Y.),  Parks

Title: Friends of St Catherine's Park

URL: http://www.saintcatherinespark.com/friends-of-St-Catherines-Park

Description: "Since 1997, the Friends of St. Catherine's Park (FSCP), an all-volunteer community group on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, has been dedicated to maintaining and enhancing St. Catherine's Park - the second most visited park per square foot in New York City - located on First Avenue between East 67th and East 68th Streets."

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Subject:   Parks

Title: Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park, Salt Marsh Alliance

URL: http://www.saltmarshalliance.org/

Description: "The Salt Marsh Alliance, a not-for-profit organization, was formed in 2002 to support the Salt Marsh Nature Center. The Salt Marsh Alliance provides a way for private citizens and local businesses to help maintain the Nature Center in a partnership with New York City's Park and Recreation Department and the Urban Park Rangers."

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Subject:   Marine Park (New York, N.Y.),  Parks,  Wetlands,  Waterfronts

Title: Southern Bronx River Watershed Alliance

URL: http://www.sbrwa.org/

Description: "The Southern Bronx River Watershed Alliance is a coalition of community-based and city-wide organizations who wish to see a vibrant community in the place of the Sheridan. Through consensus building among community stakeholders, SBRWA works toward a vision of the southern Bronx River watershed that includes a healthy environment, a prolific economy and a community that reaps the benefits of the river as a rich natural and recreational resource."

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Subject:   Bronx River Watershed,  Transportation,  Parks,  Community development,  Land use,  Waterfronts

Title: Seward Park Conservancy

URL: http://www.sewardparkconservancy.org/

Description: "We advocate for the park concerning funding for preservation, renewal and restoration of the park and its facilities in partnership with the Department of Parks."

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Subject:   Parks,  Public spaces

Title: Frequently asked questions about Bayside Cemetery

URL: http://www.sznyc.org/frequently-asked-questions-bayside-cemetery/

Description: "Congregation Shaare Zedek was founded on Manhattan’s Lower East Side in 1837. In the middle of the 19th century, Shaare Zedek acquired land in Ozone Park, Queens where it established Bayside Cemetery. Over the ensuing decades, and particularly during the massive waves of Jewish immigration into New York around the turn of the 20th century, Shaare Zedek sold the exclusive burial rights in the overwhelming majority of the cemetery’s land to approximately a hundred different burial societies, fraternal organizations, synagogues and other communal groups, with the purchasing organization undertaking a contractual obligation to maintain its area."

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Subject:   Cemeteries,  Bayside Cemetery (Bayside, New York, N.Y.)

Title: Battery Conservancy

URL: http://www.thebattery.org/

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Subject:   Parks,  Battery Park (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Tompkins Square Dog Run

URL: http://www.tompkinssquaredogrun.com/

Description: "We are New York City's first and largest dog run located in NYC's Tompkins Square Park"

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Subject:   Tompkins Square Dog Run (New York, N.Y.),  Parks for dogs

Title: Untermyer Gardens Conservancy

URL: http://www.untermyergardens.org/

Description: "The Untermyer Gardens Conservancy is dedicated to the revitalization of Samuel Untermyer’s once great gardens, now a City municipal park in Yonkers, New York. Working with the City of Yonkers, the Conservancy will showcase exuberant horticulture in the magnificent landscape designed by Welles Bosworth in 1915. An emphasis on the lives of Samuel and Minnie Untermyer will deepen the appeal and meaning of these gardens for all people."

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Subject:   Botanical gardens,  Horticulture

Title: Van Cortlandt Park

URL: http://www.vcpark.org/

Description: "The Conservancy identifies programs that contribute to park stewardship and education, and ensure the long-term well-being of its 1,146 acres of natural areas and recreation venues including a widely used cross country trail that attracts athletes from across the state and is over 100-year-old. To this end, The Conservancy has mobilized the park's vast natural and professional resources to create Urban Ecology Teen Internship (Urban Eco-Teens). Van Cortlandt Park Conservancy hosts free programs that reach thousands of people each year: Barefoot Dancing, Summer Stage Kids, weekly Birding, Drawing and Painting, and Seasonal Happenings."

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Subject:   Parks,  Van Cortlandt Park (New York, N.Y.)

Title: Friends of Washington Market Park

URL: http://www.washingtonmarketpark.org/

Description: "The Friends of Washington Market Park is a non-profit neighborhood organization that produces free public events in the park and supports park restoration and improvements."

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Subject:   Washington Market Park (New York, N.Y.),  Parks

Title: Washington Square Park blog

URL: http://www.washingtonsquareparkblog.com/

Description: "The Washington Square Park Blog ... began ten years ago with the intention of chronicling the park’s controversial redesign. The scope of the site has expanded to cover the history and events of that park, Greenwich Village neighborhood, other parks, privatization of public space, and NYC issues."

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Subject:   Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.),  Washington Square (New York, N.Y.),  Neighborhood planning,  Parks

Title: Waterfront Museum

URL: http://www.waterfrontmuseum.org/

Description: "The Waterfront Museum, founded in 1985, is located in Red Hook, Brooklyn. It is housed aboard the 1914 Lehigh Valley Barge #79, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Its mission is to: provide free and low-cost opportunities for education, exhibition, and the performance arts; promote historic preservation and our maritime heritage and an understanding of the importance of our water highway for commerce, carrying commuters, culture, and recreation; provide public access to waterfront piers, their unparalleled vistas and recreational opportunities; be an active voice for public waterfront access issues up and down the river."

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Subject:   Maritime museums,  Waterfronts

Title: West Side Community Garden

URL: http://www.westsidecommunitygarden.org/

Description: "The West Side Community Garden was founded in 1976 on a trash-strewn 89,000 square foot vacant lot on Columbus Avenue that had been slated for an urban renewal project. In 1982, the Community board, developers, and the New York City Planning Commission approved a permanent Garden plan, and a groundbreaking for the present Garden took place in October 1987. The property for the current Garden site was deeded to West Side Community Garden Inc. in November 1989."

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Subject:   Community gardens,  Neighborhood planning

Title: Rev. Linnette C. Williamson Memorial Park Association, Inc.

URL: http://www.williamsonparks.org/

Description: "The Park Association created and now protects parks, community gardens and a playground in Central Harlem, New York City. Our four open spaces help grow “community” with programs for children, families, senior citizens and all residents."

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Subject:   Parks

Title: All Faiths Cemetery

URL: https://allfaithscemetery.org/

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Subject:   Cemeteries

Title: Juan Alonso Community Garden

URL: https://alonsogarden.tumblr.com/

Description: "This beautiful green space [near 51st Street and 11th Avenue in Manhattan] is dedicated to the memory of Juan Alonso, a long time resident and devoted community gardener, who spent countless hours working in this garden. In 1993, a vacant lot full of debris was transformed into a community garden by the work of many volunteers from the Clinton/Hell’s Kitchen community."

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Subject:   Community gardens,  Open spaces

Title: Privately owned public space in New York City

URL: https://apops.mas.org/

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Subject:   Public spaces