Volunteer

Greenbelt It's My Park Day - Restoration near St. Francis Woodlands

at 1 Helena Road, SI, NY (in High Rock Park), Staten Island

10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Saint Francis woodlands 1 Helena Road Staten Island, NY 10304
Free!

It's My Park at 88th Street Trees

at West 88th Street Tree Project, Manhattan

10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
This It's My Park season, Volunteer with West 88th Street Tree Project to beautify 88th Street! We look forward to cleaning up the park with you!
Free!

It's My Park at DeLury Square

at DeLury Square, Manhattan

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Friends of DeLury Square Park to do some plantings, spread mulch, and paint some railings at DeLury Square.
Free!

It's My Park at Jackie Robinson Park

at West 150th Street and Edgecombe Avenue (in Jackie Robinson Recreation Center), Manhattan

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with 150th-155th Street Edgecombe Avenue Block Association to beautify the street tree beds on Edgecombe Ave.
Free!

It's My Park at Montefiore Square

at Montefiore Park (in Montefiore Square), Manhattan

10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Montefiore Park Neighborhood Association to spruce up our park!
Free!

It's My Park at Olmsted-Beil House Park

at Olmsted-Beil House (in Olmsted-Beil House Park), Staten Island

10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Join Partnerships for Parks and Friends of Olmsted-Beil House for an It's My Park project to beautify Olmsted-Beil House Park.
Free!

It's My Park at Riverside Drive Street Trees

at Riverside Oval Greenstreet, Manhattan

10:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Volunteer with Audubon Park Tree Bed Project to plant flowers in the street trees along 155th to 158th street near Riverside dr.
Free!

It's My Park at Ruppert Park

at Ruppert Park, Manhattan

10:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Muslim Volunteers for New York, Inc. to plant an assortment of beautiful plants as well as a general clean-up and beautification of the space at Ruppert Park.
Free!

It's My Park at South Oxford Park

at South Oxford Park, Brooklyn

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Friends Of South Oxford Park to beautify at South Oxford Park.
Free!

It's My Park at St. Mary's Park

at St. Mary's Park, Bronx 

10:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Friends of St. Mary's Park to do a general cleanup at St. Mary's Park.
Free!

It's My Park at Tompkins Square Park

at Tompkins Square Park at 9th St. and Avenue B (in Tompkins Square Park), Manhattan

10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Friends of Tompkins Square Park to plant native plants in the pollinator garden beds and remove trash in them at Tompkins Square Park.
Free!

Orchard Beach Meadow Restoration

at Orchard Beach

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with the Stewardship Team to restore this beachside meadow along Orchard Beach in Pelham Bay Park!
Free!

It's My Park at Ilka Tanya Payan Park

at Ilka Tanya Payan Plaza, Manhattan 

10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Audubon 157 to beautify Ilka Tanya Payan Park.
Free!

It's My Park at Andrew Haswell Green Park

at Andrew Haswell Green Park, Manhattan

11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Volunteer with Friends of the East River Esplanade at Andrew Haswell Green Park.
Free!

It's My Park at Minetta Playground

at Minetta Playground, Manhattan

12:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Minetta Lane-Street Association to work outside in the garden and plant some native and beautiful pollinator plants at Minetta Playground.
Free!

It's My Park at Cunningham Park

at Union Turnpike Parking Lot (in Cunningham Park), Queens

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 Skyline Playground

at Skyline Playground Garden (in Skyline Playground), Staten Island

9:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Volunteer with HEALTH for Youths to help maintain the community garden at Skyline Playground and do a general clean-up around the park.
Free!

It's My Park at Forest Park

at Wallenburg Square (in Forest Park), Queens 

9:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Volunteer with Kew Kids Forest School to steward Forest Park.
Free!

It's My Park at Kissena Park

at Public Restroom Building - 164th St and Lithonia Ave (in Kissena Park), Queens

9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Join Partnerships for Parks AYLUS Oakland Garden Branch for an It's My Park project to beautify Kissena Park.
Free!

It's My Park at Juan Pablo Duarte Square

at Juan Pablo Duarte Square, Manhattan

10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Volunteer with Washington Heights Gardening Crew to beautify Juan Pablo Duarte Square.
Free!

It's My Park at Marcus Garvey Park

at Marcus Garvey Park, Manhattan

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Marcus Garvey Park Alliance to beautify Marcus Garvey Park.
Free!

It's My Park at McCarren Park

at McCarren Park, Brooklyn 

10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with North Brooklyn Parks Alliance to beautify at McCarren Park.
Free!

It's My Park at St. Mary's Park

at St. Mary's Park, Bronx 

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Friends of St. Mary's Park to do a general cleanup at St. Mary's Park.
Free!

It's My Park at Verdi Square

10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
The West 72nd Block Association will host its third annual Community Building Day on Sunday, May 18, from 10:00 a.m. until 12 p.m.
Free!

Urban Farm Volunteers

at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan 

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with our team to manage our one-acre Urban Farm!
Free!

Urban Farm Volunteers

at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan 

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with our team to manage our one-acre Urban Farm!
Free!

Historic New York: Sylvan Grove Cemetery History and Cleanup

at Victory Boulevard and Alberta Avenue (in Sylvan Grove Cemetery), Staten Island

11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Join Urban Park Rangers and Friends of Abandoned Cemeteries Staten Island to preserve history by participating in a cleanup of this protected historical cemetery.
Free!

It's My Park at Inwood Hill Park

at Inwood Hill Park, Manhattan

11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Shorakapok Earth Keepers to clearing the swale in Inwood Hill Park.
Free!

It's My Park at Luther Gulick Playground

at Luther Gulick Park, Manhattan

12:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Friends of Gulick Park to do some mulching and add pollinator plants to the surrounding garden beds at Luther Gulick Playground.
Free!

05/20 Floyd Bennet Field Seed Increase Program Field Work

at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Help care for native plants for the Founder Seed Program with the Greenbelt Native Plant Center!
Free!

2025.05.21 Citywide Nursery Gardening

at Arthur Ross Nursery Parking Lot, Bronx

9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Join the NYC Parks Stewardship Team at the Citywide Nursery for a hands-on gardening experience where you’ll help pot up perennials into larger grow pots and maintain our plant hoop houses
Free!

Team RIVER Volunteers

at 10 Central Road (in 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!

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!

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!

Trail Work Thursdays

at VCPA Garden & Compost Site (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!

05/22 Greenbelt Native Plant Center Seed Increase Program Field Work

at Greenbelt Native Plant Center, Staten Island

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Join the Greenbelt Native Plant Center’s Seed Increase Program (SIP) to help maintain the production plots in our Staten Island farm fields.
Free!

05/23 Greenbelt Native Plant Center Tour and Gardening

at Greenbelt Native Plant Center, Staten Island

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Join the Greenbelt Native Plant Center staff for a tour of the facility and a day of plant care and grounds maintenance.
Free!

5/23 Restoration Fridays at Forest Park

at Strack Pond (in Forest Park), Queens

10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks and The Forest Park Trust for Restoration Fridays this spring!
Free!

Crotona Park Stewardship Saturday

at Crotona Tennis House (in Crotona Park), Bronx 

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Join staff to clear leaves and debris from around Indian Lake, remove trash from our large park zones and help to keep Crotona Park looking great!
Free!

Volunteer Workday: Family Community Garden (Brooklyn)

at Family Community Garden Brooklyn, Brooklyn

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Join Family Community Garden and NYC Parks GreenTHumb for a hands-on volunteer project planting a vast, native pollinator garden!
Free!

05/25 Greenbelt Native Plant Center Gardening

at Greenbelt Native Plant Center, Staten Island

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with the Greenbelt Native Plant Center staff to help care for the diverse group of native plants we grow to be planted in parks and restoration projects throughout the city.
Free!

Urban Farm Volunteers

at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan 

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with our team to manage our one-acre Urban Farm!
Free!

Urban Farm Volunteers

at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan 

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with our team to manage our one-acre Urban Farm!
Free!

05/26 Greenbelt Native Plant Center Gardening

at Greenbelt Native Plant Center, Staten Island

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with the Greenbelt Native Plant Center staff to help care for the diverse group of native plants we grow for parks and restoration projects throughout the city.
Free!

Team RIVER Volunteers

at 10 Central Road (in 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!

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!

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!

Horseshoe Crab Walk and Coastal Cleanup in the Rockaways

at Park entrance at the end of Amstel Blvd. (in Vernam Barbadoes Peninsula), Queens

10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with the Stewardship Team! This cleanup coincides with the new moon high tide, which is an ideal time to witness the annual horseshoe crab spawning season in Jamaica Bay.
Free!

05/30 Sunset Park Street Care

at Brizzi Playground, Brooklyn

9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Come work with NYC Parks Stewardship to care for local street trees!
Free!