March 11, 2010
Also Visit NY State Arts
Women's History Month
Gardens
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Bronx
Located among the leafy estates of Riverdale, Wave Hill is a former private residence featuring gardens, lawns, woodlands and picturesque views of the New Jersey Palisades.
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Manhattan
The Abrons Arts Center is a program of Henry Street Settlement, which has provided social services and arts programs to the Lower East Side since 1893. Its landmarked 300-seat Neighborhood Playhouse houses Henry Street’s visual and performing arts programming alongside its community-based arts training.
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Brooklyn
This all-volunteer organization promotes and supports local artists, serves the community at large through arts education and creative accessibility, and organizes all residents and stakeholders in Bushwick to fight development-driven displacement and work toward an integrated, sustainable community.
Bronx
On land purchased from the Siwanoy tribe in 1654, Robert Bartow built the last of many mansions in the then-bucolic neighborhood of Pelham Bay. Grand staircases, Empire furniture and a conservatory shaded with fruit trees are the highlights of this New York City landmark.
Battery Park City Parks Conservancy
Manhattan
Battery Park City Parks Conservancy is a non-profit organization that oversees the maintenance of the 36-acre Battery Park and the surrounding areas of Lower Manhattan.
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Staten Island
This 155-acre park on the southern tip of Staten Island is one of New York City's newest public spaces, with streams, woodlands, ponds, egrets, herons and muskrats.