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Collaboration between cornell tech and NYCDPR focused on visualization, communication, and contextualization of public data to bring new yorkers insight into how forestry service requests are addressed by the new york city department of parks and recreaction.
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Submit a Tree Service Request â
NYCDPR has dedicated staff in each borough to protect and support the safety and health of our trees. If you know of any condition that needs our attention, please report it.
Look Up an Existing Request â
You can check the status of your Service Request via the associated Service Request number.
Learn about Managing Tree Risk â
As the stewards of New York Cityâs urban forest, NYC Parks cares for our cityâs street and park trees and responds to more than 80,000 forestry-related service requests from concerned New Yorkers each year.
Request a Tree â
You can submit a request to the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) for street tree planting. You can also make a complaint about the condition of a newly planted street tree.
Plant a Tree â
It is NYC Parksâ responsibility to protect and care for our trees. Whether you are proposing construction on or near a City street tree, planting a tree on your own, or submitting a building plan for review, you must first apply for a Tree Work Permit.
Find Your Community Board â
Being a New Yorker means playing an active role in shaping your local communities, and one way to do this is to get involved with your local community board.
âïž Safety
How to Report Damaged or Fallen Trees â
Report damanged and fallen trees immediately if a tree branch or limb is cracked, will fall, or has fallen down; a tree trunk has split; a tree is leaning, uprooted, or has fallen down; a tree is alive, but is in poor or declining condition.
Trees and Severe Weather â
Keep yourself safe! During storms, trees and limbs may become weakened and can fall. Exercise caution under and around trees during stormy weather. To report a downed or damaged tree, submit a service request. Call 911 if there is a life-threatening emergency, or to report damaged electrical utilities and power outages.
Repair a Sidewalk â
Parksâ sidewalk repair program can help repair severe sidewalk damage caused by root growth. You may also repair the sidewalk on your own by engaging an independent contractor, and completing a Tree Work Permit application on the NYC Parks website.
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NYC Parks â
Visit the official website of the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation.
Our Urban Forest â
Scroll through this storymap created by the Parks Department to learn about New York City's trees and how we care for them.
NYC Street Tree Map â
Learn about the trees that make up our cityâs urban forest, report a problem with a tree, mark trees as favorites and share them with your friends, and record and share all of your caretaking and tree stewardship activities.
Tree Work Hub â
To help keep you informed, NYC Parks shares maps and tabular data of recently completed and upcoming planned tree-related work for many of our most popular forestry services.
Tree Pruning â
Parks prunes established street trees on a neighborhoodâbyâneighborhood basis. This process allows us to prune a portion of the street trees in each community board every year.
Tree and Stump Removal â
Dead trees reported on streets, parks, playgrounds or other public spaces will be inspected and, if appropriate, removed. As part of NYC Parks new Tree Risk Management programâWork is prioritized to address the highest risk conditions first. To report a dead tree, call 311 or use our tree service request system.