NYC Community Parks Initiative
The Community Parks Initiative is a NYC Parks program to improve park equity throughout the city by investing in local parks in traditionally under-funded neighborhoods. QRP has completed 15 CPI projects in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and upper Manhattan, many of which are JOPs – Jointly Operated Playgrounds shared by NYC Parks and the Board of Education. Each project was developed with community input and included recreational programming to expand play, sports and fitness. We are proud to have contributed to this mayoral initiative, bringing high-quality open spaces to underserved communities in densely populated, growing, and high-poverty neighborhoods.
For the first round of NYC Parks Community Parks Initiative projects, QRP was awarded a bundle of five playgrounds, four in the Bronx and one in Harlem. QRP completed the design of these five playgrounds simultaneously, using similar materials across all sites to meet the tight project schedule. Two sites - Saw Mill and Lyons Square - included new public restroom buildings designed by Sage & Coombe Architects, which were fully integrated with the landscape design but installed and paid for under a separate contract, while MLK Playground included reconstruction of an existing restroom building. We worked closely with the architects and MEP engineers to ensure coordinated site grading and utility connections.
Location
New York City, NY
Client
NYC Parks
Role
Prime Consultant
Team
McLaren Engineers
LiRo/Wesler-Cohen Associates
Black Rock - Yadira Arroyo Playground, Bronx, NY
Little Claremont Playground, Bronx, NY
Saw Mill Playground, Bronx NY
Longfellow Park, Bronx, NY
MLK Playground, Manhattan, NY
