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The total area of the properties maintained by the department is over 28,000 Acre s (113 km&2). The department maintains more than 1,700 parks, playgrounds and recreation facilities across The Five Boroughs . It is responsible for over 950 playgrounds, 700 playing fields, 550 tennis courts, 35 major recreation centers, 30 outdoor pools, 14 miles of beaches, and 13 golf courses, as well as seven nature centers, six ice skating rinks, four zoos, four Botanical Gardens , and four major stadia. Parks also cares for park flora and fauna, community gardens, historic houses, statues and monuments, and more than 2.5 million trees. The City of New York Department of Parks & Recreation produces many special events, including concerts and movie premieres. In the summer, the busiest season, the agency organizes free carnivals and concerts, and sends mobile recreation vans to travel throughout the five boroughs providing free rental equipment for skating, baseball, and miniature golf. The largest single component of parkland maintained by the department is the "forever wild" Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx , with an area of 2,765 Acre s (11 km&2). The department is also responsible for such "flagship" parks facilities as Central Park , Prospect Park , Van Cortlandt Park , Flushing Meadows Corona Park , and the Staten Island Greenbelt . AGENCY The department is a mayoral agency. The current Parks Commissioner is Adrian Benepe , who was appointed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg on January 25 , 2002 . The department maintains a quality of life division, called the Parks Enforcement Patrol (PEP), responsible for maintaining safety within the parks system in coordination with the NYPD . For example, an NYPD sub-station has been established on the Orchard Beach boardwalk. The department is allocated an expense budget and a capital budget. The expense budget covers the total expenses incurred by the agency, including salaries. The capital budget is dedicated solely for new construction projects, as well as major repairs in parks that have a useful life of more than five years and cost at least $35,000. GALLERY |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Flushing_Meadows-Corona_Park" class="copylinks">Flushing Meadows-Corona Park |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Kissena_Park" class="copylinks">Kissena Park |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Orchard_Beach,_New_York" class="copylinks">Orchard Beach |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Pelham_Bay_Park" class="copylinks">Pelham Bay Park |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Prospect_Park_(Brooklyn)" class="copylinks">Prospect Park |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Riverside_Park" class="copylinks">Riverside Park |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Tompkins_Square_Park" class="copylinks">Tompkins Square Park |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Union_Square_(New_York_City)" class="copylinks">Union Square |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Van_Cortlandt_Park" class="copylinks">Van Cortlandt Park |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Washington_Square_Park" class="copylinks">Washington Square Park |
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