Adrian Benepe News

The Arsenal Gallery is pleased to present Transitory Space, an exhibition featuring multiple exposure photography by New York-based artist Leah Oates. The show focuses on Oates' travels to Beijing, Newfoundland, and New York's own Van Cortlandt Park and Pelham Bay Park.

Bronx Borough Commissioner Hector Aponte and Council Member Larry B. Seabrook today cut the ribbon on Edenwald Playground. Children from P.S. 112, the Bronxwood School, also attended the ribbon cutting ceremony.

The NYC Department of Parks & Recreation congratulates former Brooklyn Director of Forestry Andrew Rabb on his appointment as the City of Buffalo's Deputy Commissioner of Public Works, responsible for Parks, Recreation & Forestry. He began his new position on May 3.

On Saturday, Commissioner Adrian Benepe and Bronx River Administrator/Executive Director of the Bronx River Alliance Linda Cox joined Assembly member Jeffrey Dinowitz, Councilmember Oliver Koppell, Bronx River Alliance Chair Joan Byron, community groups and nearly 200 paddlers in a flotilla of 86 canoes and kayaks for a five-mile trip down the Bronx River to open the paddling season and to celebrate the river's revitalization.

Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe today joined City Council Member Diana Reyna, Assembly Member Joseph Lentol and students from P.S. 132 and M.S. 126 to plant a tree in celebration of Arbor Day at Sternberg Park in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The tree - a Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) - is located close to a new dog run that is currently in construction at the park.

It was announced yesterday, April 28, that this spring, NYC Parks will launch the Greeter Corps, a volunteer team of ambassadors whose job it is to represent Parks in the community. Building on the success of the Parks Opportunity Program (POP) Greeter program and the Central Park Greeter program, volunteers will welcome patrons at entrances to parks, beaches, and playgrounds, inform patrons of available amenities and programs, gauge the public's opinion and interests, and serve as eyes and ears for the park's condition and environme

Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe, Long Island Sound Future's Fund and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Assistant Director Lynn Dwyer, FedEx Manager of Social Responsibility Rose Flenorl and FedEx, Green Apple Corps volunteers and MillionTreesNYC Training Program participants planted flowers and shrubs and prepared the Five Borough Shops roof for a new addition to its almost 20,000 square foot green roof.

On Saturday, April 24th, Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe, Chief Service Officer Diahann Billings-Burford and Department for the Aging Deputy Commissioner Caryn Resnick joined over 130 New York City volunteers to plant trees in Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx as part of MillionTreesNYC Spring Planting Day 2010.

Push anxieties aside, step away from the television, and take a seat in Melanie Fischer's imaginative world, Outside In, a uniquely interactive installation of fabric foliage that transforms the Arsenal Gallery into a textile wonderland.

New York City's Department of Parks & Recreation is pleased to announce an exhibition of new sculptures by Mia Westerlund Roosen on Park Avenue from April 19 through August 28, 2010. The current exhibition features three new works, Juggler, Baritone, and French Kiss on the Park Avenue Malls in the landscaped medians between 52nd Street and 53rd Street.

New York City's Department of Parks & Recreation is pleased to announce an exhibition of new sculptures by Mia Westerlund Roosen on Park Avenue from April 19 through August 28, 2010. The current exhibition features three new works, Juggler, Baritone, and French Kiss on the Park Avenue Malls in the landscaped medians between 52nd Street and 53rd Street.

To commemorate MillionTreesNYC Month in April, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation and New York Restoration Project (NYRP) are inviting all New Yorkers to 'put down roots' by planting a tree in their front or backyard, registering a newly planted tree online, volunteering for a community tree planting or watering day, or making a donation.

Today the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation released a Request for Expressions of Interest in the operation of a 5,000-seat performing arts facility to be located at site of the historic bandshell in Asser Levy Park, which will be upgraded as part of the major Asser Levy Park rehabilitation project.

Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe joined some of the City's greenest at the 20th Annual Parks & Recreation Awards ceremony on March 11, 2010. Top honors included Rookie of the Year, Manager of the Year, the W. Allison & Elizabeth Stubbs Davis Award, the Thomas Stofka Award, Employee of the Year, and the Commissioner's Award.

Push anxieties aside, step away from the television, and take a seat in Melanie Fischer's imaginative world, Outside In, a uniquely interactive installation of fabric foliage that transforms the Arsenal Gallery into a textile wonderland.

Mill Pond Park in the Bronx has been named February's Park of the Month. The ten-acre park opened last October as part of the Yankee Stadium Redevelopment Project, and the upcoming arrival of spring and the warm weather season offers fresh opportunities to discover nature, connect with the community, and have fun outdoors.

On Saturday, Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe, Olympic Regional Development Authority's Brad Clark and Red Bull sponsored pro snowboarder Pat Moore welcomed thousands of New Yorkers to Central Park for snow activities from snowshoeing to snowboarding at Winter Jam NYC.

The Alliance for the Arts will celebrate the performing arts in New York City by presenting the 2009 Alliance for the Arts Prize to Frederic S. Papert, founding president of the 42nd Street Development Corporation and the founder of Theatre Row; the Jerome Robbins Foundation; and the late Gerald Schoenfeld, longtime head of the Shubert Organization.

The Alliance for the Arts will celebrate the performing arts in New York City by presenting the 2009 Alliance for the Arts Prize to Frederic S. Papert, founding president of the 42nd Street Development Corporation and the founder of Theatre Row; the Jerome Robbins Foundation; and the late Gerald Schoenfeld, longtime head of the Shubert Organization.

The Metropolitan Opera announced plans for its free outdoor events this summer, which will take place in the Lincoln Center Plaza and in parks throughout New York City. In a brand new initiative, the Met's Summer HD Festival will feature screenings of ten productions from the Met's Peabody and Emmy Award-winning Live in HD series in Lincoln Center Plaza on consecutive nights, beginning Saturday, August 29.