Sunnyside Gardens Community Garden

Overview

Sunnyside Gardens Park is a 3-acre park situated in historic Sunnyside Gardens. Created in 1926 as an integral part of this planned community, the park continues to serve as a hub where people of all ages as well as diverse ethnic, economic and religious backgrounds meet, play, socialize, and generate what is most important in any neighborhood: a sense of community. Sunnyside Park is one of only two membership parks in New York City. However, unlike the exclusive Gramercy Park, Sunnyside Park offers membership to anyone interested in being a part of its community. Included in the membership is an agreement that members will donate 12 hours of their time and talents to the Park annually. The Park offers its members access to the grounds and facilities, which include a grass playing field, basketball courts, swing and sand play areas for small children, bocce court, wading pool, and one of the last remaining picnic groves left in New York City. It is open 364 days a year from 10 am to sunset.

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updated 07/2011 by Melanie Reed