Exclusive: Adult Lap Swim Is Back and Much Bigger This Year
But everyone will have to wait a while longer before finally diving back into the Red Hook Pool.
Touch Grass
The goings on in New York City's green spaces.
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Meet the Tree-Counting Juggernaut of New York City
Caleb Roenigk has surveyed more than 8,000 trees in NYC.
There Are No Winners in the Columbia Waterfront Montessori Garden Access Turf War
Preschool parents and garden stewards can't seem to agree on who gets to spend time in Urban Meadow.
Bushwick City Farm Isn't Dead Yet
A renegade community garden is holding onto hope that the City will step in to save their DIY green space.
After All That, the New East River Park Is...Fucking Awesome
We'll have to see whether the new resiliency infrastructure will withstand another superstorm, but we're happy to report that the park itself is, so far, a smashing success.
Adult Rat Swim at Brooklyn Botanic Garden
O, to be a rat bathing on a lily pad in Brooklyn Botanic Garden!
The Yearslong Fight for Fort Greene Park Is Over (For Now)
With the latest lawsuit dismissed, the controversial Norway maple trees have lost but the park has won.
Elizabeth Street Garden vs. Senior Housing: What Do Lower East Side Seniors Think?
"Put this in your newspaper: People need a roof over their heads more than a garden."
Will Cutting Down 78 Trees Ruin Fort Greene Park—or Save It?
Inside the years-long (and counting) legal battle over the future of Brooklyn's oldest park.
