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

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

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

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.

Mile-A-Minute Beetles are released at the Willow Lake Preserve in Flushing Meadows Corona Park to combat Mile-A-Minute Weed, an invasive vine in endangering indigenous species.

The Tots Program at the McCarren Play Center is a popular spot in Williamsburg, Brooklyn where adult center members bring their kids to play.

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.

Urban Park Rangers welcome visitors to the nature center, hiking trails, pond, and brand new tot lot.

Starlight Park is the latest park to open along the banks of The Bronx River.