Fall joy at Leaf Lift 🍂✨ Shout out to everyone who joined us on Saturday for a day raking leaves in the park! Thanks to their efforts, we cleared heavily trafficked pathways in the park, contributing to a safer park experience for all 💛

Join us for our monthly Advocacy Club! Our team will give updates on the Parks Power campaign and provide resources on how to advocate both for Riverside Park’s current needs and all city parks. 🗓️Friday, November 14, 12:00-1:30pm 📍 Peter Jay Sharp Volunteer House

Join us this Saturday, November 15th from 2-3:30pm at the 102nd Street Field House for a discussion with art historian, Akela Reason about the complex history of Riverside Park’s Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/hidden-in-...

🍁Leaf Lift: November 15, 10am-12:30pm Help rake leaves in Riverside Park 💪 Let’s work together to keep our park looking its best! Head to our website to sign up ➡️ riversideparknyc.org/events

Fall photos from Riverside Park South 🍂

We couldn’t bee prouder of our Riverside runners! 🐝 Our dedicated Running Side by Riverside team completed the NYC Marathon yesterday- an incredible feat! They also raised thousands of dollars in support of the Conservancy.

With the cooler temperatures, leaves are starting to fall and settle under the trees. We follow the “Leave the leaves” practice to protect insect habitats, nurture the soil, and prevent erosion. Any leaves removed from high traffic areas will be processed into leaf mulch!

Our 2026 Paws & Hooves Calendar is available for purchase! Each month features a Riverside Park community pup and goat 🐶 🐐 All purchases support Riverside Park’s dog runs and maintenance crew. ➡️ shop.riversideparknyc.org

From cooling our streets to connecting neighbors across divides, @nycparks.bsky.social are essential infrastructure for a livable city. 📰Read about #Parks2030, a bold vision for green jobs & vibrant parks: bit.ly/4nrmOas ✍️Learn more and add your name: playfair.nyc #ParksPower #NYC

A huge round of “a-paws” for every pup that participated in our Halloween parade last Saturday. You can view all the photos from the event on our Flickr. A special shoutout to everyone who made this event possible, including our wonderful staff, band, emcee, judges and sponsors.

Crisp autumn leaves in Riverside Park South 😍🍂

Our first pickleball tournament was kind of a big dill 😎 A huge thank you to everyone who came out on Sunday for a day of community, competition and fun to support the year-round maintenance of Riverside Park’s 110th Street Courts. Extra special kudos to our winning team!

Fall roses and river views 😍🌹 This rose bush is located in Fort Washington Park at the 172nd Street promenade. It was planted years ago by community member, Diolis. 📸 Cheree Dillon

Join us for two Riverside Halloween celebrations this weekend! Sat 10/18, 11:30am-3:30pm: Riverside Park Pup Halloween Parade📍Dinosaur Playground ➡️ Ellington in the Park. Sun 10/19, 1-3pm: Halloween Pickleball Tournament & Fundraiser at the 110th St. Pickleball Courts.

Are you ready for Riverside Park’s Halloween Pup Parade & Costume Contest? 🎃🐶 With 150+ dogs and 250+ people set to parade through the park, we’re ready for a pup-tastic time! Join the fun Saturday October 18 from 11:30am-3:30pm.

Join the paw-ty at our Halloween Pup Parade next Saturday, October 18 from 11:30am to 3:30pm. Costumed pups will strut their stuff, competing in the cutest costume contest of the spooky season. 👻🎃🐾 Register your pup! riversideparknyc.org/riverside-pups/

Introducing Conpostapalooza! Explore compost’s impact on urban soil at this free festival of demonstrations, science experiments, and live entertainment from Bash the Trash! 📍 Saturday, October 11, 11am-1pm 95th Street Compost Compound www.eventbrite.com/e/compostapalooza-tickets-1716679487559

From cooling our streets to connecting neighbors across divides, @nycparks.bsky.social are essential infrastructure for a livable city. 📰 Read about the #Parks2030 platform: bit.ly/4nrmOas ✍️ Learn more and add your name: playfair.nyc #ParksPower #NYC

In honor of #ClimateWeekNYC, we’re reflecting on a forest-focused collaboration from this past summer. 🌳🌲 We teamed up with Van Cortlandt Park Alliance, bringing in interns to take a deeper look at trees in natural areas & along park streets. riversideparknyc.org/creating-a-h...

Join us for #NationalPublicLandsDay, the largest, single-day volunteer event caring for our public lands. 🌳 🗓️: Saturday, September 27 🕐: 10am-12:30pm 📍 Discovery Playground (163rd Street) 🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/national-p...

What a goat-ally wonderful celebration of our 2025 herd this past Saturday!🐐 Congratulations to MVP GOAT Mallomar, who swept our online goat vote. Want to pick up goat apparel? Visit shop.riversideparknyc.org.

A moment of peace by the riverside 🐦🌊 📹: Ryan Schulte

Today, 24 years later, we remember those who lost their lives on 9/11 and honor their memory here at Firemen's Memorial in Riverside Park. #NeverForget

It’s time to make your voice heard - vote for your favorite pup photos to be featured in our 2026 Paws & Hooves Calendar! Voting is open from September 10th to September 19th. riversideparknyc.org/riverside-pups/

Our six miles of parkland features eight unique, beautiful pollinator meadows to explore. Learn about where our meadows are, what's in bloom now, and why these spaces are vital for pollinator populations like monarch butterflies and native bees. 🦋🐝 riversideparknyc.org/your-guide-t...

Help us give the Riverside Park goats a warm send-off on 9/20! Plus, you can vote for your MVP goat of the season: riversideparknyc.org/Goatham

📝 What would you like to see in your park? Make your voice heard by taking our Park Visitor Survey! Collected responses will help us identify how to prioritize future funding, programming, & volunteer opportunities. Take the survey: ow.ly/jm9m50WMlHV

To combat significant flooding in Riverside Park, we’ve started a new "Special Services" team led by Ben Adamo. The crew is focused on storm mitigation, erosion control, and filling in sinkholes. ow.ly/JOCB50WE76f

We’re so thrilled to share that our *new* Riverside Info Center, located on the Greenway at 96th Street, is open for operation! The center is a new hub for outreach and education efforts in the park. Read more from the @westsiderag.bsky.social: www.westsiderag.com/2025/08/06/n...

It’s summer. Your park is working hard. And so are we. NYC parks are the heart of summer. But with that love comes wear & tear – and an urgent need for support. riversideparknyc.org/donate

Handsome pair of red-tailed hawks keeping a close eye on Riverside Park 😮 👁️ 📍 Near Classic Playground | 📸 by Lovell Corbett

We’re excited to offer a *full scholarship* for tennis campers ages 6-14 for 3-4 weeks at our Multi-Sport Camp in Fort Washington Park! 🎾 To learn more about this opportunity, please contact Antonia De Mello, Assistant Director of Sports Camp, at [email protected].

Pier I has got to be one of my very favorite places @riversideparknyc.bsky.social

You know our famous Riverside Park goats, but do you know *the GOAT of goat farms* where our herd comes from? 🏆 Meet our friends at Green Goats, based in Rhinebeck, NY! We’re grateful to collaborate with them each year for Goatham. 🐐 www.green-goats.com

Rain can bring us so many moments of beauty, like vibrant rainbows over the Hudson 🌈 📸 by annemalhere / IG

July means beach party! 🏖️ Celebrate summer with us at the Hudson Beach Party on July 24 (6-9 pm, Ellington in the Park). Drinks, food, games & live music await! Early bird tickets available at $85 and directly support our work: riversideparknyc.org/hudson-beach-party

Parks are the unsung heroes of NYC. They cool our blocks, connect neighbors & give us space to breathe. But they’re being asked to do more with less. This budget season, let’s invest in NYC Parks. Visit bit.ly/fundparks25 to demand budget restorations. #ParksPower #NYC

On this extremely hot day, we hope everyone stays safe and cool! For a list of cooling centers near you, visit finder.nyc.gov/coolingcenters. Today is also Primary Election Day here in New York. If you haven’t voted yet, we encourage you to make your voice heard! 🌳 💛 🌊

Our President & CEO, @merrittcb.bsky.social, joined Council Member Gale Brewer on WNYC this morning to talk about CM Brewer's bill that just passed the City Council to add 50 new drinking fountains in parks across the city. 🚰 Tune in to hear more: wnyc-news.simplecast.com/episodes/the...

BREAKING NEWS: Riverside Park’s goats will be baaaaaaaack for Goatham 2025, and they are hungrier than ever! 🐐🌱 www.eventbrite.com/e/goatham-20...

Join us for ‘Bee My Friend’ this Saturday, designed for ages 6-10! Learn about native bees, build your own bee house, make seed bombs, and more! 🐝 Sign-ups are encouraged, drop-ins are welcome! www.eventbrite.com/e/summer-on-the-hudson-nature-explorers-bee-my-friend-tickets-1399976199499

Beautiful early summer blooms on Riverside's Catalpa trees 🌼 📍 Around 112th Street

Join us for our brand-new Advocacy Club Volunteer opportunity! We’ll calling Council Members and urging them to fully restore NYC Parks funding ahead of the June 30 budget deadline as part of NY4P’s Play Fair Phone Banking Week of Action. 📣 bit.ly/advocate4parks

This Mon, May 26 at 10:30am, join community members, activity duty service members, veterans, Fleet Week participants, & local elected officials as we honor our nation’s heroes at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument. Featuring a performance by the US Navy Band. c: Daniel Krieger

May is Mental Health Month!   Nature can help reduce stress, boost moods, & increase well-being. That’s why investing in NYC Parks is critical – to ensure every NYer has access to the benefits of green spaces. #ParksPower
 Take action: playfair.nyc c: Julienne Schaer

Alongside dedicated community leaders & NYC Parks, we celebrated the opening of Dog Run 142, a community-led space improvement 7 years in the making. Great to see so many smiling faces & happy paws enjoying the run. Pups even received a commemorative DR 142 Opening Day ball! 🐾

A new garden grows in Sakura Park! Once paved over back in the 1980s, it’s now restored with 12 native plant species thanks to Margaret Bracken at NYC Parks & our Conservancy team. See it at Riverside Revue — tickets on sale now! riversideparknyc.org/revue

Today we celebrate #nationalbeeday on #gothamtogo with @riversideparknyc.bsky.social @nycparks.bsky.social + more gothamtogo.com/category/bees/

After 7 years of community-led space improvement, Dog Run 142 is finally complete! Dogs are already enjoying this beautiful new play area. Celebrate with a ribbon cutting on Saturday, May 17 at 2pm. Enjoy giveaways, treats for dogs and humans, and photo ops galore. 🐕 🐾

Vital NYC Parks funding was NOT restored in the Executive Budget, jeopardizing NYers’ livelihoods and quality of life. 📣RALLY with Play Fair to demand investment in safe, clean, accessible parks! 📍City Hall Park 📅 Tuesday 5/13 at 11am 🔗 RSVP: bit.ly/5-13-PlayFair-Rally