PARKS CELEBRATES HOLIDAY SEASON
The holiday spirit is in the air throughout New York City's beautiful green spaces. The Daily Plant welcomes you to join in the festivities throughout the month of December. Here are a few highlights from the five boroughs.
The Bronx
On Tuesday, December 14th at 4:30 PM, Parks will light
the tree at the Bronx County Courthouse (161st Street
& Grand Concourse).
On Thursday, December 16th at 6:30 PM, Parks and community members will celebrate the tree lighting at Nelson Playground (166th Street & Nelson Avenue).
On Monday, December 20th at 4:00 PM, Parks will celebrate the tree lighting at St. James Park with carols performed by local schools.
Brooklyn
From December 2nd to the 12th at 5:30 PM, Parks and
the Lubavitch Youth Organization will celebrate the
daily Menorah lighting in Grand Army Plaza (Grand Army
Plaza, Flatbush Avenue & Prospect Park West).
On Monday, December 6th and Thursday December 9th at 5:30 PM, Parks will celebrate the tree lighting at Borough Hall.
On Thursday, December 16th at 3:30 PM, Parks will celebrate the tree lighting at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park (Miller & Dumont Avenues).
Manhattan
On Tuesday, December 7th at 5:00 PM, Parks will kick
off the holiday season with the city's annual tree lighting
at the newly reopened City Hall Park (Park Row).
On Wednesday, December 8th from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Parks welcomes the community to the heart of Times Square for the tree lighting and caroling in Duffy Square (Broadway & West 47th Street).
On Saturday, December 11th at 5:00 PM, Parks will celebrate the holiday season with a tree lighting and a holiday Bazaar in Marcus Garvey Park (124th Street & 5th Avenue).
On Sunday, December 12th from 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM, Parks will celebrate the tree lighting in Tompkins Square Park with carols, hot chocolate, and music from Theater for New York City and Third Street Music Settlement (9th Street & Avenue A).
On Friday, December 17th from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM, Jackie Robinson Park will host the "Lights of Hope" holiday celebration with music, food, caroling, and the tree lighting (146th Street & Bradhurst).
Queens
On Tuesday, December 14th at 4:00 PM, Parks will celebrate
the tree lighting at Borough Hall with caroling (Queens
Boulevard & Union Turnpike).
On Friday, December 17th at 7:00 PM, Parks will welcome the community to the tree lighting at Baisley Pond Park for caroling, refreshments, and gifts (160th Street & Baisley Boulevard).
On Saturday, December 18th , from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Flushing Meadow-Corona Park will host a holiday party with games, rollerblading, craft making, music & refreshments (Playground for All Children at Corona Avenue & 111th Street).
Staten Island
On Friday, December 10th at 10:00 AM, Parks will celebrate
the tree lighting at Borough Hall (Stuyvesant Place).
On Friday, December 17th at 4:00 PM, Parks will celebrate the treelighting at the Cromwell Recreation Center (Pier 6 & Hammer Street).
THIRTEEN YEARS AGO IN THE PLANT
(Friday, December 5, 1986)
NOTES FROM THE OVERGROUND: STILL TALKING TURKEY
From time to time, Parks nature lovers report on their walks in the field. The air is colder of late, and snow will stick nowadays. The woods seem bare; dense networks of tree branches make lacework in the sky. But not all the trees are skeletal yet. The evergreen stays verdant, as we celebrate with its bough during our winter solstice. Brown leaves remain on the red oak trees and other trees like the Gingko still bear fruit.
QUOTATION FOR THE DAY
"It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting."
Tom Stoppard (b.1937), British Playwright
- Grand Army Plaza
- Prospect Park
- Jackie Robinson Park
- City Hall Park
- Jackie Robinson Park
- Grand Army Plaza
- Tompkins Square Park