Documentary ‘St. Vartan Park’
This independent documentary ‘St. Vartan Park’ features St. Vartan Park Conservancy. The story premiered 10.10.2024 on the YouTube channel of its producer Play NYCe and made its television debut on 11.15.2024 on MNN Community.
Latest Community Newsletter Issue
Click here to access the 11.5.2024 edition (issue 79) of the complimentary St. Vartan Park Conservancy | Manhattan East Community Association community newsletter. Subscribe to the newsletter here.
Sign Petition for Open Street at Park
Please click here to sign a St. Vartan Park Conservancy petition for an Open Street each April through October for an underused stretch of East 36th alongside the St. Vartan Park playground and athletic field.
The need is timely. The heavily-used adjacent park playground is slated to close for reconstruction starting in 2025 without alternate open space.
Lift Murray Hill’s prized park and surroundings.
Your 100-percent tax-deductible donation to the all-volunteer St. Vartan Park Conservancy will be used to help improve the public St. Vartan Park and its East Midtown Manhattan surroundings.
Volunteer with the Conservancy team on special events, in its official stewardship of the St. Vartan Park public garden, and on improvement of other areas of the park and the local community.
Enjoy the park’s public garden and lawn.
Discover the Conservancy-stewarded St. Vartan Park garden and lawn, located on First Avenue between East 35th and East 36th Streets.
The green oasis is the largest publicly accessible garden and natural lawn in the Murray Hill and Kips Bay community.
Experience complimentary community news.
Join thousands of subscribers who receive the free community newsletter with original stories published by St. Vartan Park Conservancy and Manhattan East Community Association (MECA).
The newsletter covers developments in St. Vartan Park, Murray Hill, Kips Bay and other East Midtown areas served by the Conservancy and MECA.
Embrace special events.
Enjoy free public events at St. Vartan Park, including in the park garden.
Some areas of the park are available to groups to host their own events or for other special use.
If you’d like to join the St. Vartan Park Conservancy event team, please drop a note to team@stvartanpark.org.
Discover the athletic field and playground.
Check out the popular St. Vartan Park athletic field and adjacent playground. The playground includes a St. Vartan Park Conservancy-managed Little Free Library on the northeast side.
Take in life.
See flowers and wildlife St. Vartan Park Conservancy and NYC Parks have grown and helped attract to the garden and other areas.
Play on the sports courts.
Take advantage of the court’s free basketball, handball and pickleball courts. St. Vartan Park Conservancy maintains a sports storage chest with complimentary pickleball equipment.
Engage in composting, community and more.
Participate in composting at the public food-scrap drop-off composting site in the park or a public Smart Composting Bin across the street.
Learn about the community that extends from the park and where to get involved.
Start at the Menu, the About page or the News page to learn more about the park, the community and St. Vartan Park Conservancy.
Explore the park’s history.
Discover St. Vartan Park’s back story with a comprehensive collection of park archival images and additional history.
The park’s past is spread through various pages on this site, including at About, News, Garden, Events, Playground, Field, Basketball, Handball, Pickleball, Permits, Field, Building, Wildlife, Swish and Posts.