From River to River the
26th Street Line and Active Recreation Walking Trail would connect all the public spaces on 25th, 26th and 27th Streets, into an Age-Friendly walking trail.with a goal of rest stops (seating )within a 3 minute walk of anyplace on the trail. And with the addition of Active Recreation and Activities recreation elements it would be like adding a new Hudson River Park Class linear park to the parks starved areas of community boards 4, 5 and 6.And this will also hopefully be an impetus to add active recreation to Community Board 5,
a CB with essentially no active recreation facilities.
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| 12th Ave @ 26th Hudson River Park north south Age-Friendly Walking Trail |
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| 542 West 26th St 2 Benches, Art galleries | |
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| Far West Chelsea Art Galleries |
Far West Chelsea Art Galleries
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| 27th between 9th and 10th Aves. Chelsea Park- Restrooms, Playground, Fitness equipment, basketball courts, field sports, handball courts. This park has staff and would be a good location for a neighborhood Swappable park |
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| 26th off 10th High Line, Stair climbing, North South Age Friendly walking trail |
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| At 441 West 26th St, the Elliot Center offers restrooms and a water fountain to everyone. Indoor seating is also offered. . |
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| Mural PS 33 26th st 9th Ave |
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| At 25th St between 9th and 10th Aves, the Chelsea Rec Center offers restrooms for all (show id), free recreation for youth under 18, $25 to age 24, or 62 and older. |
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| Pushcart Coffee 2 benches 9th @25th |
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26th Between 8/9th Penn South Playground, basketball courts, volleyball court, playground, chess tables.
Upgrades A Porta John rest room. 26th St walking Trail Signage, walk Your City Signage. Bench Exercise Signage
Penn South Center for Seniors
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| 335 8th Ave near 26th St.Mc Donalds. Restrooms are available to patrons. Buy a soda and become a patron. |
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25th @8th Citybench,
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| 8th Ave near 27th St, Citybench.While walking you can visit the Museum at FIT |
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27th Between 7th/8th FIT Plaza.
Here are several ideas for this area:
-Several times FIT has tried to turn this into a car free plaza but was not able to.It would be great if a third try was done, but this time with a design that would be acceptable by CB5 and the community. Rather then a professionally designed static plaza, what could be done is for FIT to offer a course in Plaza design and to have a plaza that would become a laboratory for students in the plaza design and other classes.
- By replacing car parking with active recreation parklets, and adding a Swappable park shed, FIT can turn this area into an outdoor student center.
Sage LGBT adults
Senior Planet-high tech Senior Center |
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| Revolutionary Books Outdoor Reading Room 26th between 6th and 7th |
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| 766 6th Ave, Fairway, Restroom open to shoppers. Buy a soda, become a shopper. |
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| POPS 6th @26th across from Fairway |
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| Chelsea Flea market, 21 West 25th St, 3 portajohns (weekend only) |
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Worth Square Park,
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| Worth Square Park |
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| This small area of Flatiron Plaza North adjacent to Madison square park is used for seating, but. is not used for events .A Swappable Park Shed can be placed here to serve Madison Square Park, Flatiron Plaza and Worth Square Park | |
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| Madison Square Park playground, dog run. social seating, art exhibits. With the addition of storage in a swappable park, the grassy area next to the playground can be come a area for kits to play with rolling objects. additional this area would become a board games area. |
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| 41 Madison Ave POPS @26th St |
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Lexington @25th Baruch Plaza.
A Swappable Park Shed Placed here would transform this from a Plaza into a Outdoor Student Center for Baruch College and the community.We'd like to see a swappable park here with active recreation, activities recreation,and an outdoor library. Also a big screen TV and a water fountain. |
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| 240 East 27th POPS @26th St |
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Bellevue South Park @ 26th St Between 2nd and 3rd Ave basketball courts, fitness equipment, playground
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| 27th St between 2nd ave and 1st ave currently a plaza with a few benches.. This might be a good location for a east side Swappable Park |
This is 335 east 27th St, the home of NYC's first Micro Apts Building. Note on the upper left it says "Activation of the pedestrian street is important to the project" 27th Street currently has a few benches on it, that's all. How about transforming the space so that it becomes really a desired outdoor space by the people who live in the building. One idea, transform this into a community garden, something lacking in this area,, add moveable seating, tables and active and activities recreation.
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| Health Dept Plaza 1st @26th, benches. Good location for concrete ping pong tables |
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Bellevue Hospital Garden 1st Ave @ 26th St, good location for an outdoor reading room
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Forensic Examiners Plaza 26th St off 1st Ave (dead end street). |
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| This tennis court at Hunter Colleges Brookdale health center is open to students from Hunter and other CUNY schools. Up to about 3 years ago it was open to the public but closed because of a lawsuit. |
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| 26th @Ave C,
Asser Levy Playground Restrooms. . An expansion of the Asser Levy
playground will bring Ping Pong, Senior/Adult Exercise equipment, a
Running Track and other enhancements to the 26th St Active Recreation
Parkway. free recreation for youth under 18, $25 to age 24, or 62 and older. |
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| 25th at East River waterside Plaza, playground, social seating. Connection to south Age-Friendly Stuyvesant Cove walking trail |
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See Also:
26th Street Active Recreation Parkway
The Swappable Park
Obesity Crisis and Community Board 5
