Community

St. Vartan Park Conservancy recognizes that the park community extends beyond the footprint of the park, into surrounding areas in East Midtown Manhattan. The Conservancy works with organizations and individuals to help champion causes that make the community better for all.

Some of those the Conservancy works with appear below in alphabetical order with links to their online homes.

On December 9, 2022, at the ribbon cutting of a new dog run on New Wave Pier east of St. Vartan Park, Alliance for Kips Bay’s Sandra McKee and St. Vartan Park Conservancy's Kevin O'Keefe (from right), each a Manhattan Community Board 6 member, joined NYC Parks Borough Commissioner Anthony Perez and New York City Council Member Keith Powers (from left) and other community advocates

Members of Cub Scouts Pack 422 participate in a community service session in the St. Vartan Park public garden hosted by St. Vartan Park Conservancy on October 26, 2024

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A segment of Second Avenue that passes the gold-topped St. Vartan Park Armenian Cathedral (background) and St. Vartan Park appears in the 1970 feature film ‘Love Story,’ with co-stars Ali MacGraw and Ryan O’Neal in a 1945 MG TC black convertible (center)

This image of Second Avenue and East 35th Street across the street from St. Vartan Park is from an establishing shot in the 2000 film ‘Boiler Room’