{"id":788835,"date":"2026-05-11T13:43:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/788835\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T13:43:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:43:22","slug":"new-yorkers-head-to-fort-greene-demanding-more-green-for-nyc-parks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/788835\/","title":{"rendered":"New Yorkers head to Fort Greene, demanding more \u201cgreen\u201d for NYC parks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Advocates rally for NYC Parks in Fort Greene Park. <\/p>\n

Photo credit: Courtesy of New Yorkers for Parks<\/p>\n

NYC parks advocates gathered in Brooklyn on Saturday to push for more investment into local green spaces amid looming budget cuts to the parks department.\n<\/p>\n

Organized by New Yorkers for Parks (NY4P)<\/a>, a group that champions the city\u2019s green spaces, the event was both a rally and a walking tour starting at Fort Greene Park. It brought together elected officials, nature advocates, and residents to highlight various open-space challenges and opportunities.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The event was organized in part to respond to Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s<\/a> allocation of 0.5% of his proposed $127 billion preliminary budget to fund city parks \u2014 a figure that falls short of the 1% he pledged on the campaign trail last year.<\/p>\n

Advocates called for more funding through the \u201c1% for Parks\u201d campaign <\/a>and underscored the \u201curgency of delivering equitable access\u201d to high-quality open spaces throughout the city.<\/p>\n

The event also shed light on the needs of more than 12,000<\/a> local NYCHA residents in the Fort Greene and Brooklyn Navy Yard area, where advocates said open space quality, accessibility and connectivity remain \u201cuneven despite significant residential growth.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the event, advocates discussed their ideas for park priorities, including advancing a new community garden at NYCHA Whitman Houses; exploring the formation of a Fort Greene Improvement District to benefit parks and open space east of Flatbush Avenue; and improving bus operations and safety along the DeKalb-Lafayette corridor, including potential protected bike lanes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s walking tour made clear that as Fort Greene and the Brooklyn Navy Yard continue to grow, investment in parks and open space must keep pace,\u201d said Kathy Park Price, director of advocacy and policy at NY4P.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Price added that NY4P gets consistent calls for safer streets and greener spaces.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cAt a time of proposed budget cuts, the city must commit to sustained, equitable funding, including through the 1% for parks campaign, to ensure every New Yorker has access to the open spaces they deserve,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In addition to Fort Greene Park, the guided tour included stops at the Willoughby Avenue Open Street, NYCHA Whitman and Ingersoll Houses, the St. Edwards Street corridor, Walt Whitman Library, Commodore Barry Park, Navy Street & Arbor Place, Flushing Avenue Greenway corridor and the Brooklyn Navy Yard.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A spokesperson from NYC Parks offered this statement about the rally to amNewYork: \u201cParks are an integral part of our city\u2019s social fabric, and this administration will continue working to ensure that New Yorkers have access to the parks and green spaces they deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brooklyn Assembly Member Phara Souffrant Forrest, whose district includes Fort Greene, emphasized the need for more open space as development expands throughout the borough.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\u201cFort Greene Park continues to stand as a testament to what our open spaces mean to this community, where green space is scarce,\u201d she said. \u201cWalking through Fort Greene, the Navy Yard corridor, and our NYCHA campuses powerfully reminds us of both the progress we\u2019ve made and the work still ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Advocates rally for NYC Parks in Fort Greene Park. Photo credit: Courtesy of New Yorkers for Parks NYC…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":788836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,1121,322320,405,403,167894,5226,5225,5228,5227,56976,34420,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-788835","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-brooklyn","10":"tag-fort-greene-park","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-new-yorkers-for-parks","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkcity","16":"tag-ny","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-nyc-budget","19":"tag-nyc-parks-department","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-us","25":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116556241906090683","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=788835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/788836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}