Playground Improvement Project
Our Playground Improvement Project (PIP) program creates safe and beautiful play spaces for the greater New York City community. We partner with NYC Department of Parks and Recreation to plan and execute a yearly large-scale park or playground improvement project in Manhattan. We focus on parks that need restoration and that will have the greatest impact on the surrounding community. Each year, our team selects a different New York City park and spends five weekends in the spring and one weekend in the fall painting, gardening, and completing general improvements in the park.
For questions about New York Junior League’s Playground Improvement Project, you can reach us at pip@nyjl.org.
Previous Playground Improvement Projects include:
1991 • PS 75
1992 • JHS 47M NY School for the Deaf
1993 • PS 169 Robert F. Kennedy School
1994 • PS 111 Adolf Ochs School
1995 • PS 15 The Robert Clemente School
1996 • PS 146 Anna M. Short School
1997 • PS 2 Meyer London School
1998 • PS 197 Howard Bennett Playground
1999 • PS 194 Countee Cullen Literacy Academy
2000 • PS 125 Ralph Bunche Elementary School
2001 • Thomas Jefferson Playground
2002 • Baruch Playground and PS138
2003 • Marcus Garvey Playground
2004 • Highbridge Park
2005 • Tompkins Square Park
2006 • Jackie Robinson Park
2007 • Seward Park
2008 • James J. Walker Park
2009 • Morningside Park
2010 • St. Nicholas Park
2011 • Sara D. Roosevelt Park
2012 • East River Park
2013 • Anne Loftus Playground at Fort Tryon Park
2014 • Tompkins Square Park
2015 • Columbus Park and Foley Square
2016 • Marcus Garvey Park
2017 • Jackie Robinson Park
2018 • Corlears Hook Park
2019 • Thomas Jefferson Park
2020 • PIP temporarily suspended
2021 • St. Nicholas Park
2022 • Seward Park

1991 • P.S. 75

1992 • JHS 47M NY School for the Deaf

1993 • PS 169 Robert F. Kennedy School

1994 • PS 111 Adolf Ochs School

1995 • PS 15 The Robert Clemente School

1996 • PS 146 Anna M. Short School

2011 • Sara D. Roosevelt Park

2022 • Seward Park