Despite winter's lingering grasp, the Friends of the Berms will take to the field on Saturday, April 15 from 10:00 am to noon. We hope you can join us to help green and clean the berms surrounding Grand Army Plaza!

Volunteers will meet at the corner of Plaza Street and Vanderbilt Ave, then move to the day's work area. Please arrive by 10:00! Adults and supervised children are welcome; experience is not required, just a smile. Gloves and tools are provided.

Given the recent attacks in our city's parks, elected officials are bringing the community together to hear from advocates, police enforcement, share suggestions, and brainstorm safety strategies.

For more information, email dbryant@council.nyc.gov.

The Prospect Heights Street Tree Task Force (PHSTTF) will partner with the Washington Avenue Prospect Heights Association (WAPHA) on May 22nd to beautify Washington Avenue. The joint effort, using a $1,000 grant from the Citizens Committee for New York City and with assistance from the New York City Departments of Transportation, Sanitation and Parks, will accomplish the following: new bike racks, new trees, street litter removal, new litter baskets, trees pruned, flowers planted, tree beds aerated and mulched. Everyone’s help is needed to make this annual event a success. If you can just spare an hour please join your neighbors and help make Washington Avenue the finest commercial street in the neighborhood.

If our spring-like weather inspires thoughts of what's to come then... put those thoughts into action! The Prospect Heights Street Tree Task Force and the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation is offering a free, hands-on workshop with our friends at the Brooklyn Brainery. Please join neighbors and friends who cherish our neighborhood's street trees and are committed to their survival.

Join the Washington Avenue Prospect Heights Association and the Prospect Heights Street Tree Task Force for Green Up Wash Ave, an afternoon of tree pit maintenance and mulching to get Washington Avenue's street trees ready for summer.

For more information and to register, visit happywashington.org.

On Tuesday, June 9, the New York City Parks and Recreation Department will present a schematic design for the renovaton of Stroud Playground. The schematic design is a detailed layout of the park, that has been developed based on the feedback from the putlic during the Stroud Playground community input meeting.