On Friday, May 3, Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Kevin Jeffrey joined Borough President Marty Markowitz; Council Member Stephen Levin; member of the Beastie Boys Adam Horovitz; parents of Adam Yauch, Noel and Frances Yauch; members of the Yauch family; former Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe, and John Silva of Silva Artist Management, to rename Palmetto Playground in Brooklyn Heights in honor of musician and Brooklyn native, Adam Yauch.

Adam Yauch Park

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The Boardwalk on Staten Island reopens after carpenters repair damage from Hurricane Sandy.

Under the Boardwalk

The sculpture exhibition "Lightness of Being" is on view in City Hall Park through December.

Art in City Hall Park

NYC Parks partnered with local community organizations and City agencies to paint jersey barriers that were placed on Shore Front Parkway from Beach 74th to Beach 107th Streets to protect pedestrians and bicyclists in the absence of the Rockaway boardwalk, which was significantly damaged by Hurricane Sandy.

The Longest Mural

The first phase of the sand replacement project at Rockaway Beach has begun.

Pumped in the Rockaways

Ghanim Khalil, an Urban Park Ranger with NYC Parks in Willowbrook Park, Staten Island, explains how to identify and avoid poison ivy, aka Toxicodendron radicans.

Adam Yauch Park

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