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During our extra special It’s My Park! Day this year, the City Parks Foundation will be producing a puppet show for neighborhood children at the 135th Street plaza in St. Nicholas Park. Sleeping Beauty tells the story of beautiful Princess Aurora and her friends. The event is free and is part of our day long [...]

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The New York Cares volunteer day took place last Friday in St. Nicholas Park with a great turnout of volunteers who helped rebuild an area just south of the plaza that was being threatened with erosion. Below are pictures of the event. If you are interested in volunteering in the park, our It’s My Park [...]

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EASTER FESTIVAL HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO THE RAINY WEATHER. WE WILL TRY TO RESCHEDULE SOON. PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES ON THIS WEBSITE. This year’s popular Easter Festival is schedule to take place at the 135th Street Plaza in St. Nicholas Park on Saturday, April 11th from 2pm to 4pm. Join the Friends as [...]

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Dog run volunteers load up fresh woodchips during Saturday’s clean-up day Yesterday, about a dozen volunteers participated in the St. Nick’s Dog Run clean-up day. Litter was picked up around the perimeter of the run, fencing was repaired and new woodchips were spread. Special thanks to park manager Mark Vaccaro and his staff for providing [...]

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Hands on New York Day, a part of New York Cares, will be sponsoring a large volunteer day next Saturday in St. Nicholas Park. More than 100 volunteers will be out helping paint the fencing, planting trees and plants and raking to help us prepare the park for the summer. Please come out and join [...]

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Our semi-annual Its My Park Day devotes a whole day of volunteer activities in St. Nicholas Park. Be sure to bring work clothes and gloves. Some activities include cleaning up litter in the park, raking, mulching, planting bulbs and tree care, painting benches, fencing, park houses, and comfort stations throughout playgrounds and parks. Free knapsacks [...]

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This Saturday, May 19th is “Its My Park Day” at St. Nicholas Park. We have lots of things to get done in the park and need as many volunteers as possible. Come out for a great day of working in one of Manhattan’s most historical and beautiful parks. We are meeting at the 135th Street [...]

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Yesterday a team of volunteers helped open our permanent corral and erected the fence for our new small dog run. Our small dog run is now open. Both dog runs now have benches and woodchips. We are now certainly ready for summer. Thanks goes out to all who helped. A special thanks goes out to [...]

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