This citywide exhibition of public art celebrates the 40 year history of the Temporary Public Art Program.

A community forms around this unique amenity on Manhattan's west side at 105th Street.

From amateurs to grandmasters, hundreds of chess players compete in the Chess-in-the-Park Rapid Open held every fall in Central Park.

Every summer Shape Up NYC offers free fitness classes every week outdoors in parks across the city.

The Brooklyn Book Festival in Columbus Park is one of America's premier book festivals presenting an array of national and international literary stars and emerging authors. This hip, smart diverse gathering attracts thousands of book lovers of all ages to enjoy authors and the festival's lively literary marketplace.

School children thresh rice at New York City's one and only rice paddy.

Discover the Bay Ridge community's own horticultural masterpiece!

Many of NYC's public pools reserve sessions exclusively for seniors (ages 62 and over).

Principal Oboist Liang Wang of the New York Philharmonic describes the experience of performing at Concerts in the Parks.

Play Mobiles come to Betsy Head Park in Brooklyn.