It's My Park

Join thousands of New Yorkers who come together each year to volunteer and celebrate their neighborhood parks and public spaces through It's My Park. The It’s My Park projects below are open to the public and walk-ons are welcome. If you would like to volunteer with a large group (10+ people), please submit a request to Partnerships for Parks.
It's My Park is presented by Partnerships for Parks, a joint program of NYC Parks and the City Parks Foundation.
It's My Park Events
Thursday, May 7, 2026
Trail Work Thursdays
at VCPA Learning Garden (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Be a part of the community effort to maintain the trails in Van Cortlandt Park.
Free!

It's My Park at Hunter's Point South Park
at Hunter's Point South Park, Queens 
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Hunters Point Parks Conservancy to beautify Hunter's Point South Park.
Free!
It's My Park at Peter Detmold Park
at Peter Detmold Park, Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Turtle Bay Association for a general cleanup at Peter Detmold Park.
Free!
Friday, May 8, 2026
It's My Park at Andrew Haswell Green Park
at Andrew Haswell Green Park, Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m.
Volunteer with Green Park Gardeners for a general cleanup at Andrew Haswell Green Park.
Free!
It's My Park at Corlears Hook Park
at Corlears Hook Park, Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Friends of Corlears Hook Park to beautify Corlears Hook Park.
Free!
It's My Park at Kaiser Park
at Kaiser Park, Brooklyn
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Come join us for It's My Estuary Day, an annual community event.
Free!
Saturday, May 9, 2026
CANCELLED: It's My Park at Nehemiah Park
at Nehemiah Park, Brooklyn
9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Brooklyn Metropolis Lions Club to beautify at Nehemiah Park.
Free!
It's My Park at Northerleigh Park
at North Avenue and Lockwood Place Entrance (in Northerleigh Park), Staten Island
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Westerleigh Parks Coalition to rake leaves and clean debris around Northerleigh Park.
Free!
It's My Park at Leif Ericson Park
at 9th Avenue and 67th Street (in Leif Ericson Park), Brooklyn
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Parent-Child Relationship Association to beautify Leif Ericson Park.
Free!
It's My Park at Mapes Park
at Mapes Ballfield (in Mapes Park), Bronx
10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Mary Mitchell Family and Youth Center to do general clean up and weeding at Mapes Park.
Free!
It's My Park at Seabury Playground
at Seabury Park (in Seabury Playground), Bronx
10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Synergi Healing; Mind; Body; Spirit to maintain the garden and a general clean-up at Seabury Playground.
Free!
It's My Park at Tompkins Square Park
at Tompkins Square Park, Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Friends of Tompkins Square Park for weeding, raking, planting, and a general cleanup of our Pollinator Pocket gardens in Tompkins Square Park.
Free!
It's My Park at Inwood Hill Park
at Inwood Hill Park, Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Shorakapok Earth Keepers for a general cleanup at Inwood Hill Park.
Free!
It's My Park at Sitting Area
at Hoyt Avenue North and 19th Street (in Astoria Park), Queens
1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Friends of Triboro G invites volunteers to tend to ground beds and standing planters every week.
Free!
It's My Park at Rev J Polite Playground
at Rev J Polite Pg & Stebbins Playground (in Rev J Polite Playground), Bronx 
3:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
Volunteer with Friends of Horseshoe Playground to paint the retaining walls at Rev J Polite Playground.
Free!
Sunday, May 10, 2026
It's My Park at McKinley Park
at McKinley Park, Brooklyn
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Parent-Child Relationship Association to beautify McKinley Park.
Free!
It's My Park at Sunset Park
at Outdoors at Sunset Park Recreation Center (in Sunset Park Recreation Center), Brooklyn
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Parent-Child Relationship Association to beautify Sunset Park.
Free!
Monday, May 11, 2026
It's My Park at Stuyvesant Square
at Stuyvesant Square, Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Stuyvesant Park Gardeners for a general cleanup at Stuyvesant Square.
Free!
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
It's My Park at Seton Falls Park
at Seton Falls Park, Bronx
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Sovereign Being invites you to a community cleanup at Seton Falls Park.
Free!
It's My Park at Sunset Park
at Outdoors at Sunset Park Recreation Center (in Sunset Park Recreation Center), Brooklyn
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Parent-Child Relationship Association to beautify Sunset Park.
Free!
It's My Park at Ralph Bunche Park
at Ralph Bunche Park, Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Friends of Ralph Bunche Park for a general cleanup at Ralph Bunche Park.
Free!
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
It's My Park at Bushwick Inlet Park
at North Extension (in Bushwick Inlet Park), Brooklyn
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park to beautify at Bushwick Inlet Park.
Free!
Thursday, May 14, 2026
Trail Work Thursdays
at VCPA Learning Garden (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Be a part of the community effort to maintain the trails in Van Cortlandt Park.
Free!

It's My Park at Hunter's Point South Park
at Hunter's Point South Park, Queens 
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Hunters Point Parks Conservancy to beautify Hunter's Point South Park.
Free!
Friday, May 15, 2026
It's My Park at Andrew Haswell Green Park
at Andrew Haswell Green Park, Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m.
Volunteer with Green Park Gardeners NYC for a general cleanup at Andrew Haswell Green Park.
Free!
Saturday, May 16, 2026
It's My Park at Westerleigh Park
at Westerleigh Park, Staten Island
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Westerleigh Parks Coalition to rake leaves and clean debris around Westerleigh Park.
Free!
It's My Park at Henry Hudson Park
at Henry Hudson Park, Bronx 
10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Volunteer with the Friends of Spuyten Duyvil to clean, rake, weed, compost, and mulch in Henry Hudson Park as we care for native plants & pollinator habitat.
Free!
It's My Park at Leif Ericson Park
at 9th Avenue and 67th Street (in Leif Ericson Park), Brooklyn
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Parent-Child Relationship Association to beautify Leif Ericson Park.
Free!
It's My Park at Seabury Playground
at Seabury Park (in Seabury Playground), Bronx
10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Synergi Healing; Mind; Body; Spirit to maintain the garden at Seabury Playground.
Free!
It's My Park at Tompkins Square Park
at Old Bandshell Lawn (in Tompkins Square Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Lower East Side Ecology Center to beautify at Tompkins Square Park.
Free!
It's My Park at Inwood Hill Park
at Inwood Hill Park, Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Shorakapok Earth Keepers for a general cleanup at Inwood Hill Park.
Free!
It's My Park at Sitting Area
at Hoyt Avenue North and 19th Street (in Astoria Park), Queens
1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Friends of Triboro G invites volunteers to tend to ground beds and standing planters every week.
Free!
Sunday, May 17, 2026
It's My Park at Cunningham Park
9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Friends of Cunningham Park to steward at Cunningham Park.
Free!
It's My Park at Bushwick Inlet Park
at Bushwick Inlet Park, Brooklyn
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with North Brooklyn Parks Alliance to beautify at Bushwick Inlet Park.
Free!
It's My Park at McKinley Park
at McKinley Park, Brooklyn
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Parent-Child Relationship Association to beautify McKinley Park.
Free!
It's My Park at Sunset Park
at Outdoors at Sunset Park Recreation Center (in Sunset Park Recreation Center), Brooklyn
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Parent-Child Relationship Association to beautify Sunset Park.
Free!
Monday, May 18, 2026
It's My Park at Stuyvesant Square
at Stuyvesant Square, Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Stuyvesant Park Gardeners for a general cleanup at Stuyvesant Square.
Free!
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
It's My Park at Sunset Park
at Outdoors at Sunset Park Recreation Center (in Sunset Park Recreation Center), Brooklyn
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Parent-Child Relationship Association to beautify Sunset Park.
Free!
Thursday, May 21, 2026
Trail Work Thursdays
at VCPA Learning Garden (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Be a part of the community effort to maintain the trails in Van Cortlandt Park.
Free!

It's My Park at Hunter's Point South Park
at Hunter's Point South Park, Queens 
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Hunters Point Parks Conservancy to beautify Hunter's Point South Park.
Free!
Saturday, May 23, 2026
It's My Park at Westerleigh Park
at Westerleigh Park, Staten Island
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Westerleigh Parks Coalition to rake leaves and clean debris around Westerleigh Park.
Free!
It's My Park at Seabury Playground
at Seabury Park (in Seabury Playground), Bronx
10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Synergi Healing; Mind; Body; Spirit to maintain the garden and general cleanup at Seabury Playground.
Free!
It's My Park at Tompkins Square Park
at Tompkins Square Park, Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Friends of Tompkins Square Park for weeding, raking, planting, and a general cleanup of our Pollinator Pocket gardens in Tompkins Square Park.
Free!
It's My Park at Inwood Hill Park
at Inwood Hill Park, Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Shorakapok Earth Keepers for a general cleanup at Inwood Hill Park.
Free!
It's My Park at Sitting Area
at Hoyt Avenue North and 19th Street (in Astoria Park), Queens
1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Friends of Triboro G invites volunteers to tend to ground beds and standing planters every week.
Free!
Sunday, May 24, 2026
It's My Park at Cottages Hill New Brighton Park
at Skyline Playground Garden (in Cottages Hill New Brighton Park), Staten Island
9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Volunteer with HEALTH for Youths to help maintain the community garden at Cottages Hill New Brighton Park and do a general clean-up around the park.
Free!
It's My Park at Msgr. McGolrick Park
at Monsignor McGolrick Park (in Msgr. McGolrick Park), Brooklyn 
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with North Brooklyn Parks Alliance to beautify at Msgr. McGolrick Park.
Free!
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Captain Dermody Triangle Memorial Day Ceremony
at Captain Dermody Triangle, Queens
7:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Join the Bayside Historical Society and the Bayside Hills Civic Association as we commemorate Memorial Day at the historic Captain Dermody Triangle in Bayside Hills.
Free!

Thursday, May 28, 2026
Trail Work Thursdays
at VCPA Learning Garden (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Be a part of the community effort to maintain the trails in Van Cortlandt Park.
Free!

It's My Park at Hunter's Point South Park
at Hunter's Point South Park, Queens 
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Hunters Point Parks Conservancy to beautify Hunter's Point South Park.
Free!