NYC Parks Special Events for Fitness, Sports, and Performances

Parks Special Events data lists one-off public programs facilitated by the NYC Parks Public Programs division. The dataset includes events such as fitness activities, sports, dancing, movies, and concerts. It was last updated in March 2026 by the City of New York.

Use Cases

• Analyze the distribution of event types like 'Festival', 'Concert', and 'Movie' to understand public programming focus.
• Map event locations using geographic data fields to identify areas with high concentrations of 'Dance' or 'Performance' activities.
• Temporal analysis of event scheduling using date and time fields to plan community outreach for 'Special Event' seasons.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative City of New York organization.
• Covers diverse event categories including Festival, Special Event, Dance, Concert, and Movie.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, RDF, and XML.

Limitations

• Key structural details like row count, column names, and data size are unknown.
• The 'notspecified' license may create ambiguity for commercial or redistribution use.
• Lack of sample data prevents assessment of data completeness and field formatting.

Provenance

Source

City of New York

Collection Method

Collected by the NYC Parks' Public Programs division for facilitated events.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026, indicating planned future maintenance.

Geography

New York City, New York, USA