apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

Ft. Greene Park for lying in the grass, the stoop for just hanging out or reading the paper.

Boston Common is literally steps from my office... so I spent a lot of time there and in the Public Gardens.

Dolores Park is the best backyard anyone could ever ask for. The view from the top of the hill still makes me happy to live in San Francisco, every time.

Robert Wagner park is my fav, everytime I go there, I feel so good. This is my video about this wonderful location.

I think my youtube video is not giving link to AT :-(( cause the message appeared without it

Prospect Park!

Me too, Prospect Park!

The piers at Long Island City

Torrey Pines State Park is right around the corner from my apartment.

http://images.google.com/images?q=torrey%20pines%20state%20park

yes, i'm spoiled :)

tar beach - my roof :)

I am lucky and very grateful to have several parks nearby.

I'm within walking distance of the Columbus Circle entrance to Central Park.

The playground park, Hell's Kitchen Park, is at the corner of my block:
http://tinyurl.com/5392ur

BUT MY FAVORITE PARK is a neighborhood community park. One that was originally appropriated from abandoned lots, and is now leased from the city by the Hell's Kitchen Neighborhood Association, called Clinton Community Garden, on 48th Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues:
http://tinyurl.com/4whhoe

They also have many photos here:
http://www.clintoncommunitygarden.org/garden_photo_album.htm

I'm surprised, having done a search, it doesn't look like AT has ever done a feature on Clinton Community Garden (hint, hint).

Although I live in Manhattan with a private roof deck, the promenade (first photo) in Brooklyn Heights is by far one of the most charming and incredible places to go in NYC. My opinion of course. People talk up the West Village and their West Side park. Been there done that..Your looking at Jersey, nothing too compelling about that. Central park is a tourist nightmare. Madison Park is pretty nice these days(broadway/5th and 26th)

I am one of the few with outdoor space at home. And although I do cherish our patio and deck, I love to go to Prospect Park early in the morning when dogs can be off their leashes. I don't have a dog (the 3 cats, husband and co-op board would take issue) so I get my fix at the park.

i live on the roof of my building and the door in my kitchen provides outdoor access at all times, but i walk my dog in riverside park. this wonderful park is an escape from the city. walking along the hudson with no barriers, just rocks and the water, or walking through areas that resemble a forest preserve.
btw, Central Park has the most choices of areas to visit and not all of them are full of tourists.

msheidi, my roommates call our roof tar beach too! Ah, the joys of illegal roof access...

I'm no where near NY..but in Toronto my park is Allen Gardens. It's run year long by volunteers and there are 5 green houses in the middle also run by volunteers. They're gorgeous:

http://www.paulandtres.com/albums/toronto03/043_Allen_Gardens_17.jpg

http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/5/4/6/b/highres_321611.jpeg

oh, and it's totally free :)

brooklyn heights...sigh! i miss brooklyn. :)

Ever since I moved in to Flatbush Gardens, my girlfriend and I have been going to Prospect Park for the free outdoor concerts. We’re also avid runners so we tend to spend a lot of time running around the Brooklyn Promenade and on the Brooklyn Bridge.

I LOVE living in Brooklyn. We have a great 2 bedroom apartment with incredibly affordable rent and convenient subway access, so it’s easy to catch the train into Manhattan to shop or go see a movie.