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Highbridge Park: Spring Festival

Highbridge Park Spring Festival

Join NYC Parks and Council Member Carmen De La Rosa for a day of celebration. Spring is here and we are bringing all our activities outside to enjoy nature! We will have an obstacle course, jumbo games, arts & crafts, music, and much more!

This event is sponsored by Council Member Carmen De La Rosa.
This event is FREE and open to the public.

Entrance :West 171 Street & Amsterdam Avenue in Highbridge Park Registration ends on 4/25/26 at 12:00 PM

In case of inclement weather, the event will move indoors to Highbridge Recreation Center 2301 Amsterdam Ave., New York, N.Y. 10033 (212) 927-2400

Word Up Recirculation: Community Potluck (Independent Bookstore Day)

Community Potluck with Caroline Choe (Independent Bookstore Day)

In an attempt to remind folks there is still love, life, and safety in our community spaces, especially in such a turbulent time, chef Caroline Choe, author of Banchan: 60 Korean American Recipes for Delicious, Shareable Sides, is hosting a community potluck at Recirculation.

Attendees are encouraged to bring their favorite dish and celebrate cherished third spaces on Independent Bookstore Day!

Please register in advance.

Inwood Hill Park: City Nature Challenge Spring Ephemerals Walk

For the City Nature Challenge, join NYC Parks staff on a hike around Inwood Hill Park to explore the diversity of spring wildflowers. Volunteers will learn how to identify these plants and learn how to make iNaturalist observations of any other signs of nature you find along the way. Please bring water and a snack as well as your smartphone or camera! We will stay on trails and the hike will not be strenuous, but we will be walking for about an hour and a half, so please dress appropriately. If you do not know how to use iNaturalist, arrive 15 minutes early and we will show you how!

Location:  Payson Playground, 285-287 Dyckman St

Registration is required: https://www.nycgovparks.org/reg/stewardship/19268

Inwood Hill Park: City Nature Challenge: Spring Ephemerals Walk

For the City Nature Challenge, join NYC Parks staff on a hike around Inwood Hill Park to explore the diversity of spring wildflowers. Volunteers will learn how to identify these plants and learn how to make iNaturalist observations of any other signs of nature you find along the way. Please bring water and a snack as well as your smartphone or camera! We will stay on trails and the hike will not be strenuous, but we will be walking for about an hour and a half, so please dress appropriately. If you do not know how to use iNaturalist, arrive 15 minutes early and we will show you how!

Location: Payson Playground, 285-287 Dyckman St

Registration is required — Register Online