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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
Sunday, August 30, 2026
Urban Farm Volunteers
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan 
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Whether you are new to our farm or have been a tried-and-true volunteer, join us! You can help us take care of this important educational resource.
Free!
It's My Park at Highland Park
at Highland Park Disc Golf Course (in ), Queens
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with New York City Disc Golf Association to help steward at Highland Park.
Free!
It's My Park at Mahoney Playground
at Mahoney Playground, Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Friends of Mahoney Playground to do a general clean up, removing litter and weeds from the site of a new native plant garden at Mahoney Playground.
Free!
It's My Park at Rainbow Playground
at Rainbow Playground, Brooklyn
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Better Brooklyn Association to paint fences at Rainbow Playground.
Free!
Trees Count at Willowbrook Park
at Willowbrook Park, Staten Island
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Volunteer with NYC Parks for Trees Count!
Free!
Monday, August 31, 2026
It's My Park at Leif Ericson Park
at Leif Ericson Park, Brooklyn
7:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m.
Volunteer with Parent-Child Relationship Association to beautify Leif Ericson Park.
Free!
It's My Park at Sunset Park
at Sunset Park, Brooklyn
7:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m.
Volunteer with Parent-Child Relationship Association to beautify Sunset Park.
Free!
Monday Morning Pitch In to Pick Up
at Bronx River House (in Starlight Park), Bronx
10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Volunteer with us! We will be cleaning up litter to prevent it from entering the Bronx River.
Free!
Kids
Trees Count at Bronx Park
at Bronx Park, Bronx
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with NYC Parks for Trees Count!
Free!
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
It's My Park at Sunset Park
at Sunset Park Recreation Center (in Sunset Park), Brooklyn
7:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m.
Volunteer with Parent-Child Relationship Association to beautify Sunset Park.
Free!
It's My Park at Highbridge Park
at Highbridge Park, Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Connectemonos to perform a general cleanup & have a Latino Movie Night at Highbridge Park w/Latino Film Market Inc.
Free!
Stewardship Morning at the Foodway
at Concrete Plant Park, Bronx
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Stewardship Foodway Concrete Plant Park
Free!
Trees Count at Devoe Park
at Devoe Park, Bronx
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with NYC Parks for Trees Count!
Free!
Wednesday, September 2, 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!
Trees Count at Holcombe Rucker Park
at Play Area (in Holcombe Rucker Park), Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Volunteer with NYC Parks for Trees Count!
Free!
Thursday, September 3, 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!
Gardening Thursday at West Farms Rapids
at West Farms Rapids Park (in West Farms Rapids), Bronx
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Join us in stewarding a rain garden in West Farms Rapids!
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!
Trees Count at Brookville Park
at Brookville Park, Queens
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with NYC Parks for Trees Count!
Free!
Trees Count at Crocheron Park
at Buz O' Rourke Playground (in Crocheron Park), Queens
4:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Volunteer with NYC Parks for Trees Count!
Free!
Friday, September 4, 2026
Powell's Cove Park Forest Restoration
at Powell's Cove 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!
Trees Count at McKinley Park
at McKinley Park, Brooklyn
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with NYC Parks for Trees Count
Free!
Saturday, September 5, 2026
It's My Park at Cooper Park
at Cooper Park, Brooklyn
9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.
Volunteer with Friends of Cooper Park to beautify Cooper Park.
Free!
It's My Park at Lost Battalion Hall Recreation Center
at Lost Battalion Hall Recreation Center (in Lost Battalion Hall Recreation Center), Queens
9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Weeds are growing through the mat in the playground area obstructing kids playing, running, and walking. We will pluck out the weeds growing through the mats and proVide a general clean up of the area sweeping and picking up trash.
Free!
It's My Park at Lt. Federico Narvaez Tot Lot
at Lt. Federico Narvaez Tot Lot, Brooklyn
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
This It's My Park season, join Friends of the Tot Lot for their FIRST project at Lt. Federico Narvaez Tot Lot! Join neighbors to do some foundational chores in the park, including litter clean-up and weeding.
Free!
It's My Park at Wolfe's Pond Park
at Wolfe's Pond Park, Staten Island
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Join NYCMTB on the First Saturday of each month to help build, ride, and maintain the trails at Wolfe's Pond park in Staten Island.
Free!
Phoenix Community Garden Public Volunteer Day
at Phoenix Community Garden, Brooklyn
9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Volunteers will help weed, mulch, and care for the garden's ornamental and landscape plantings. The tasks we complete will help launch us into the next project: an ADA path installation
Free!
Trees Count at Leif Ericson Park
at Leif Ericson Park, Brooklyn
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with NYC Parks for Trees Count 2025!
Free!
Volunteering at Conference House Park - The Blue Wave
at Conference House Museum (in Conference House Park), Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks and the Conference House Park Conservancy for our ongoing, self-directed, beach and park clean-up initiative!
Free!
Sunday, September 6, 2026
CANCELLED: Urban Farm Volunteers
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Whether you are new to our farm or have been a tried-and-true volunteer, join us! You can help us take care of this important educational resource.
Free!
It's My Park at Mahoney Playground
at Mahoney Playground, Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Friends of Mahoney Playground to prepare the site and finalize mapping out plantings for a new native plant garden at Mahoney Playground.
Free!
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
It's My Park at Ralph Bunche Park
at Ralph Bunche Park, Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Friends of Ralph Bunche Park for a cleanup, weeding, & watering at Ralph Bunche Park.
Free!
Stewardship Morning at the Foodway
at Concrete Plant Park, Bronx
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Stewardship Foodway Concrete Plant Park
Free!
Tuesday Morning Pitch In to Pick Up
at Bronx River House (in Starlight Park), Bronx
10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Tuesday Morning Pitch In to Pick Up
Free!
Kids
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
It's My Park at Marine Park
at Marine Park, Brooklyn
9:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Volunteer with Marine Park Alliance to beautify Marine Park.
Free!
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!
Thursday, September 10, 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, September 11, 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 cleanup, weeding, & watering at Andrew Haswell Green Park.
Free!
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!
Volunteer Day: Work + Learn at Hattie Carthan Herban Farm
at Hattie Carthan Herban Farm, Brooklyn
4:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Join us for a hands-on Work and Learn Day at the Hattie Carthan Herban Farm!
Free!
Saturday, September 12, 2026
It's My Park at Cooper Park
at Cooper Park, Brooklyn
9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.
Volunteer with Friends of Cooper Park to beautify Cooper Park.
Free!
It's My Park at Northerleigh Park
at Neal Dow Street and North Avenue (in Northerleigh Park), Staten Island
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Westerleigh Parks Coalition to do a general clean up and pick up natural debris at Northerleigh Park.
Free!
It's My Park at New Utretcht Greenstreet
at 80th Street and 17th Avenue
9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
This It's my Park day, join us in our first Greenstreet project as we begin our complete rehabilitation of the space. Volunteers will work towards remoVing weeds and litter, and plant native perennials.
Free!
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!
Foragers in the Foodway
at Concrete Plant Park, Bronx
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Come outside and learn how to forage alongside NYC foragers and herbalists at the Bronx River Foodway!
Free!
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GCC: Nature Center Trail Planting Plot Preparation
at Greenbelt Nature Center (in Blood Root Valley), Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Join the Greenbelt Conservation Corps as we prepare a site that will be planted this fall.
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!
It's My Park at Mapes Park
at East 180th St and Mapes Ave (in Mapes Park), Bronx
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Mary Mitchell Family and Youth Center to do a general cleanup at Mapes Park.
Free!
Marine Park Forest Restoration
at 36th Street and Avenue U (in Marine Park), Brooklyn
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteers will contribute to ongoing restoration work and learn the importance of species diversity to ecosystem health
Free!
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