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If you want to do something special in the city, NYC Parks can match you with the right volunteer opportunity for you! Fulfill a service day by spending time outdoors and making new friends. From a neighborhood park to New York City's wildest natural areas, we work with hundreds of park partner groups across the city to find meaningful opportunities to give back to your park.
Looking for more volunteer opportunities? Check out our Let's Green NYC page! We'll match you with a volunteer group that you'll love, and find the group that's right for you!
Volunteer Events
Friday, October 30, 2026
Forest Fridays: Volunteer Forest Restoration at Van Cortlandt Park
at Van Cortlandt Classic Playground (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx 
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer forest restoration along the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail: remove invasive bush honeysuckle and multiflora rose. Fridays in October, 9 am - 12 pm.
Free!
Restoration Fridays at Forest Park
at Buddy Monument (in Forest Park), Queens
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks and The Forest Park Trust for Forest Restoration Fridays this fall to engage in hands-on forest restoration work!
Free!
Siedenburg Park Trail Marker Installation
at Redwood Ave & Corbin Ave (in Siedenburg Park), Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteers will learn how to place trail markers, and why maintaining trails restores forests and creates healthy ecosystems.
Free!
Saturday, October 31, 2026
Garden Costume Party & Volunteer Day
at George Washington Carver Community Garden, Brooklyn
10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Come in your best spooky garden-themed costume & help us redesign the garden! Be a part of an exciting garden bed building workday with Halloween treats
Free!
Siedenburg Park Trail Marker Installation
at Redwood Ave & Corbin Ave (in Siedenburg Park), Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteers will learn how to place trail markers, and why maintaining trails restores forests and creates healthy ecosystems.
Free!
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
Team RIVER Volunteers
at Randall's Island Park, Manhattan
9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Volunteer with Team RIVER (Randall’s Island Volunteer Ecological Restorers) and help keep Randall’s Island Park beautiful!
Free!
Saturday, November 7, 2026
Fall Cleanup
at Icahn Stadium (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Volunteers will not only help with picking up litter and debris but also remove invasive species, clean walking trail paths and other duties to put us on a good path for the winter months.
Free!
Volunteer Day: El Flamboyan
at El Flamboyan Community Garden (in ), Bronx
10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Join us for a hands-on volunteer day to help beautify and expand the garden. We will be building beds, planting, and building a greenhouse!
Free!
Wednesday, November 11, 2026
CANCELLED: Team RIVER Volunteers
at Randall's Island Park, Manhattan
9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Volunteer with Team RIVER (Randall’s Island Volunteer Ecological Restorers) and help keep Randall’s Island Park beautiful!
Free!
Friday, November 13, 2026
Friends of Starlight Park Meeting
at Bronx River House (in Starlight Park), Bronx
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Join Friends of Starlight park in their monthly team meetings!
Free!
Saturday, November 14, 2026
Broadway Beautification
at Broadway/Arden Entrance (in Fort Tryon Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Join the Fort Tryon Park Conservancy & NYC Parks for a Beautification Day! Help remove debris and improve the park’s ecology along the Broadway Promenade.
Free!
Inwood Hill Park Forest Restoration
at Inwood Hill Park, Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteers will contribute to ongoing restoration work and learn the importance of species diversity to ecosystem health.
Free!
Event
Native Planting at Forest Park
at Buddy Monument (in Forest Park), Queens
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks, The Forest Park Trust and Natural Areas Conservancy for a planting event in Forest Park!
Free!
Event
Sunday, November 15, 2026
Sunday Stewardship
at Margaret Corbin Circle (in Fort Tryon Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Join the Fort Tryon Park Conservancy & NYC Parks for Stewardship Day! Help remove weeds and debris, prepare planting sites, and care for the park’s ecology. Tools provided!
Free!
Tuesday, November 17, 2026
Friends of Shoelace Park Meeting
at Virtual/Online Events
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.
Join Friends of Shoelace Park for their monthly meetings!
Free!
Wednesday, November 18, 2026
Team RIVER Volunteers
at Randall's Island Park, Manhattan
9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Volunteer with Team RIVER (Randall’s Island Volunteer Ecological Restorers) and help keep Randall’s Island Park beautiful!
Free!
November Foodway Team Meeting
at Virtual/Online Events
5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
November Foodway Team Meeting
Free!
Thursday, November 19, 2026
Friends of Bronx River Forest Meeting
at Virtual/Online Events
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.
Join Friends of Bronx River Forest for a team meeting.
Free!
Friday, November 20, 2026
Ecology Park Forest Restoration
at Ecology Park, Brooklyn
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with the Stewardship Team to learn more about and protect the forested areas in Ecology Park! Volunteers will contribute to ongoing restoration work and learn the importance of species diversity to ecosystem health
Free!
Saturday, November 21, 2026
Alley Pond Park Tree and Shrub Planting
at Alley Pond Park, Queens
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with the Stewardship Team to plant trees in the forest of Alley Pond Park! Volunteers will be trained in proper planting techniques.
Free!
Event
Garden Clean up! Putting the Garden to Sleep
at Joe Holzka Community Garden, Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Help clean around garden, put hoses away, empty all water barrels, and trim plants for winter and remove any tools barrels and equipment to store in shed.
Free!
Volunteer Garden Workdays
at George Washington Carver Community Garden, Brooklyn
11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Join us every third Saturday for our Membership Meeting and Volunteer Workdays! This Fall, we're making exciting progress to redesign the garden so that by spring, we're ready for the new growing season.
Free!
Wednesday, November 25, 2026
Team RIVER Volunteers
at Randall's Island Park, Manhattan
9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Volunteer with Team RIVER (Randall’s Island Volunteer Ecological Restorers) and help keep Randall’s Island Park beautiful!
Free!
Friday, November 27, 2026
Kissena Park Forest Restoration
at Kissena Park, Queens
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteers will contribute to ongoing restoration work and learn the importance of species diversity to ecosystem health.
Free!
Event
Wednesday, December 2, 2026
CANCELLED: Team RIVER Volunteers
at Randall's Island Park, Manhattan
9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Volunteer with Team RIVER (Randall’s Island Volunteer Ecological Restorers) and help keep Randall’s Island Park beautiful!
Free!
Wednesday, December 9, 2026
CANCELLED: Team RIVER Volunteers
at Randall's Island Park, Manhattan
9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Volunteer with Team RIVER (Randall’s Island Volunteer Ecological Restorers) and help keep Randall’s Island Park beautiful!
Free!
Friday, December 11, 2026
Friends of Starlight Park Meeting
at Bronx River House (in Starlight Park), Bronx
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Join Friends of Starlight park in their monthly team meetings!
Free!
Tuesday, December 15, 2026
Friends of Shoelace Park Meeting
at Virtual/Online Events
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.
Join Friends of Shoelace Park for their monthly meetings!
Free!
Thursday, December 17, 2026
Friends of Bronx River Forest Meeting
at Virtual/Online Events
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.
Join Friends of Bronx River Forest for a team meeting.
Free!
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