Playground Utilization Study
The good news: New York City's large parks average a B+ for maintenance, up from a B a year earlier. The bad news: old problems keep popping up in new places.
But despite the improvements, the 2012 report makes clear that the Parks Department simply hasn't had sufficient resources to keep up with the maintenance demands of 29,000 acres of parkland.
Read the full report. [.pdf]
www.ny4p.org /research/ Playground Utilization
Playground Utilization Study
In an era of budget constraints, how can the Parks Department most efficiently allocate public dollars? Answering that question requires tracking visitor patterns across the park system. In this study, NY4P partnered with New York University to demonstrate how such a model could work – specifically, in ten playgrounds across the city, across the four seasons. The report includes a discussion of how such a tracking method could help the city assess not only Parks Department resource allocation, but also initiatives such as the Department of Transportation’s Public Plazas Program. The study also details specific observations reported by users of the ten playgrounds – playgrounds are vital neighborhood resources and particularly important assets for lower-income households, for example – and provides detailed briefs on each property. Read the report here. [pdf]www.ny4p.org /research/other-reports/ Playground Charybdis.pdf
www.ny4p.org/research
Playground Utilization Study
Get Involved!
The Astoria and Long Island City waterfront parks and shoreline benefit from a strong coalition of neighborhood residents, businesses, organizations, and advocates who work to maintain the physical landscape, protect the environment, and provide recreational programming.
Active park stewards include Green Shores NYC and the Astoria Park Alliance. Park-goers, parents, neighborhood residents and other park constituents can work together to make Charybdis Playground a safe, clean and vibrant play space.
Know your local representatives:
Queens Community Board 1: (718) 626-1021
Costa Constantindes, Council Member,
City Council District 22: (718) 274-4500
Melinda R. Katz, Queens Borough President: (718) 286-3000
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| Charybdis Playground sits along the East River. Astoria, Queens [NY4P.org] |
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