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Free fitness classes soon with free nutrition seminars lead by Shape Magazine health experts. Start today!
Improvements to ADA Complaint Form
Complainants can now upload videos and photos to illustrate ADA violations.
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In these free classes, we’ll teach kids and adults the basics of bicycling, preparing them to ride safely.
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This Weekend In Parks
Last weekend for pools and beaches, and Shape Up NYC programming.
A Smell So Sweet: Perfume Fountain in Public Park
Adorned with a glass anatomical heart, the Humanity Fountain emits an all-natural fragrance which carries across much of McGolrick Park.
Daily Plant: Parks Cuts the Ribbon on Improvements to Hawkins Park
Hawkins Park has received a renovation befitting a park named for one of New York’s greatest war heroes.
Parks Breaks Ground at Mahoney Playground
Parks is expanding the use of this playground by transforming it from an asphalt lot into a turf field.
JFK Memorial at Prospect Park's Grand Army Plaza Is Rededicated
The memorial bust of President John F. Kennedy was unveiled and rededicated.
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