On May 29th, the NYC Playgrounds Program team opened a new green infrastructure playground at East Village Community School/Children’s Workshop School/ P94, serving the school’s students and 42,000 neighbors within a 10-minute walk. Cetiliztli Nauhcampa – Aztec ceremony to unite the community in the new space. We love to invite local groups in the community to join…

  On June 18th, the New York City Playgrounds team opened the PS 19 Community Playground, providing 60,000 East Village residents with a new place to play. The green infrastructure at PS 19, a turn field, tree, garden, permeable pavement, and a green-roof gazebo, will capture 800,000 gallons of stormwater per year. The schoolyard is directly across…

Each of our playgrounds incorporate some element of green infrastructure – from trees to a large turf fields designed to capture stormwater. These elements are excellent learning tools for understanding how GI works in NYC which is why we always include the above sign detailing how the various element work.  We also have a school-wide…