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As the weather in New York gets nicer outside more and more people talk about going to the park and sparking up a grill.

Sounds like a great idea, and for the most part no one is going to bother you if you try it, but, just to play it safe.

After the jump, we have the list of the New York City Department of Parks & Recreations official list of Designated Barbecuing Areas in New York

And, yeah, for convenience I listed them here too:

Manhattan

Alfred E. Smith Park
(Catherine Street at Cherry Street)

East River Park
Along FDR Drive at E. 10th and E. 6th Streets

Highbridge Park
At 175th Street and Amsterdam Avenue

Inwood Hill Park
Dyckman Ballfields at Dyckman Street & Hudson River

Marcus Garvey Park
124th Street at 5th and Madison Avenues

Randall’s Island
At the far end of Sunken Meadow ballfields

Riverside Park
Above 145th Street

St. Nicholas Park
St. Nicholas Terrace at St. Nicholas Avenue & West 128th Street, and at 133rd Street

Thomas Jefferson Park
At 112th Street

Wards Island
East River & Hell Gate (near the children’s playground)

Brooklyn

Coffey Park
At Verona, Richards, and Dwight Streets

Kaiser Park
Bayview Avenue (near Neptune Avenue), westernmost part of the park

Manhattan Beach
Northeast of Promenade, Median adjacent to Parking Lot, Oriental Boulevard & Hastings St.

Prospect Park
- Surrounding Picnic House (Park West & 5th Street, East side of Park Drive)
- South of Bandshell, off 9th Street
- Nethermead area: South Lawn at Wollman Rink

Queens

Alley Athletic Field
Union Turnpike & Winchester Boulevard

Alley Pond Park
Winchester Boulevard & Grand Central Parkway

Brookville Park
Brookville Boulevard & South Conduit Avenue

Cunningham Park
193rd Street & Union Turnpike

Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
Jewel Avenue & Van Wyck Expressway (Meadow Lake)

Forest Park
Woodhaven Boulevard & Forest Park Drive

Springfield Playground
147th Avenue & Springfield Boulevard (Behind Park House)

Bronx

Crotona Park
Crotona Park East & Charlotte Street (Indian Lake)

Orchard Beach
North & South Lawn

Pelham Bay Park
Arnow Place & Bruckner Boulevard

River Park
180th Street fence line and along Boston Road entrance side

St. Mary’s Park
146th Street & St. Ann’s Avenue

Van Cortlandt Park
Jerome Avenue, South of 233rd Street

Staten Island

Clove Lakes Park
Clove Road & Victory Boulevard

Willowbrook Park
Eaton Place Entrance

Posted on July 2, 2007 in American Madness, Food & Drink, NYC, New York

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