New York City Community Garden Locations and Attributes

New York City's GreenThumb program supports over 550 community gardens. This dataset contains location, operational, and administrative details for these gardens, published by the City of New York. The data was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Map garden locations and density per borough using the `borough`, `lat`, and `lon` columns.
• Analyze operational accessibility by comparing `openhrsm`, `openhrssa`, and other `openhrs*` columns across different neighborhoods.
• Assess garden distribution relative to political districts using `assemblydist`, `coundist`, and `congressionaldist` fields.
• Identify gardens by administrative identifiers like `parksid` or property identifier `BBL` for cross-referencing with other city datasets.

Strengths

• Covers over 550 distinct community garden entities.
• Includes precise geographic coordinates (`lat`, `lon`) and a `multipolygon` field for spatial analysis.
• Provides numerous administrative and political district identifiers for cross-analysis.

Limitations

• Sample size and total row count are unknown, limiting assessment of completeness.
• Key metrics like `size` and `license` are unspecified.
• Data dictionary is hosted externally on Google Sheets, which may change.

Provenance

Source

data.cityofnewyork.us

Collection Method

Collected and maintained by the NYC GreenThumb program.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

New York City, New York, USA.