Friends of St. Nicholas Park

Shakespeare comes to St. Nicholas Park this summer with 2 performances by Theatersmarts. Maura Kelly directs the family friendly comedy Much Ado about Nothing. This family oriented comedy is set to the world of baseball. The performance takes place on Thursday, June 25th at 7pm and Sunday, June 28th at 4pm. All performances will be [...]

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The city-wide event Make Music New York features dozens of musicians from around the city. This year in St. Nicholas Park we’ll have musicians performing in that 135th Street Plaza from 5pm-9pm. The Yaz Band performs from 5-6pm, Lynne Watson and Postive N-ergy perform from 6-8pm followed by Last Tribe NYC from 8-9pm. The event [...]

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This Summer, our Gardener, Jennifer Brull will be giving a general tour of the park and landscaping features, discussing plans for future plantings and will be available to answer any questions you may have.  This will be a monthly event, Thursdays at noon.  Meet at the 135th Street Plaza.  Future tours are scheduled so far [...]

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Before June Coffee Bark, next Saturday June 6th, the St. Nick’s Dog Run will be host to a group training from 8am to 9am. Leroy Darby, owner and certified trainer of A Pawsitive Dog, Inc. will be on hand to offer a group lesson at a discount for our dog run community. At this time [...]

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As many may have noticed, there are dozens of new trees being planted in St. Nicholas Park this week. This is part of a new initiative to plant tree species that are part of the original Samuel Parsons design of the park. Parks workers are also pruning trees and cutting down diseased or partly diseased [...]

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The May St. Nick’s Dog Run Coffee Bark will take place next Saturday, May 2nd from 9am-11am. Come to the Dog Run and celebrate a beautiful spring day with free coffee and donuts. Socialize with fellow dog owners and discuss issues concerning St. Nicholas Park and St. Nick’s Dog Run. The St. Nick’s Dog Run [...]

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Originally uploaded by stnickpark On Saturday, our rescheduled Easter Festival under warm bright skies. The turnout was great. Lots of kids searched for eggs, decorated cupcake and cookies, and won prizes in our raffle. Special thanks to Chris Zimmerman and his family from the Harlem House. Thanks to all our volunteers who helped make this [...]

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Daffodil Hill Originally uploaded by stnickpark Hundreds of spring Daffodils line the hill in St. Nicholas Park on Easter morning.

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The Friends of St. Nicholas Park will have their monthly meeting this Tuesday, April 14th at 7pm. The meeting will take place at 76 Edgecombe Ave. #PH (corner of W138.St). Sarah Fort of Partnership for Parks will be attending our meeting to discuss the Partnership Academy. We will also be planning our Summer Events and [...]

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Dear Friends, Hands On New York is a day of volunteering in St. Nicholas Park. Volunteers from across the region come out to help our gardener with spring planting projects. This year the event happens on Saturday, April 25th. Volunteers are usually asked for a donation to New York Cares to participate, but for the [...]

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