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SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST

Posted on July 21, 2025 (July 30, 2025)

Then or now, the will to win always has been key to Tompkins ball. A veteran of the Tompkins Square Park basketball courts looks back at the ragtag, roughhouse hoops of his youth, and the friends he made along the way […]

Visit us at the Loisaida Festival 12-5pm Sun May 25

Posted on May 24, 2025 (April 3, 2026)

Join us at the 38th Annual Loisaida Festival 12-5pm Sun May 25! Stop by booth 50-9E on the east side of Avenue C between 9th & 10th Streets! We’ll be sharing our 2025 community survey and chatting with neighbors about what’s happening in our neighborhood. […]

A COMMUNITY CELEBRATES

Posted on May 20, 2025

One of the most cherished and entertaining events during Lower East Side History Month is the annual Loisaida Festival […]

WE LOVE A PARADE!

Posted on May 19, 2025 (May 20, 2025)

And few are more colorful and creative than the Ecological City Procession that each year celebrates the Lower East Side’s ongoing efforts to find climate solutions […]

HISTORY OF A HUB

Posted on May 14, 2025

Lower East Side History Month got off to a flying start in Tompkins Square Park during the first weekend of May […]

It’s My Park Day at Tompkins Square Park!

Posted on May 3, 2025 (April 3, 2026)

1-4pm Sunday, May 4. Join Partnerships for Parks and the LES Ecology Center to help activate and beautify our park with a Watercolor Leaf Painting workshop led by local artist Jodie Niss, and learn how to care for street trees at a demonstration led by LESEC staff. Meet at the Slocum Memorial Fountain, just inside the newly renovated Field House. […]

Register for our Jane’s Walks! Tompkins: NYC’s Biggest Little Public Park 3pm May 2, 3 and 4

Posted on May 1, 2025 (May 1, 2025)

Nowhere else in NYC is so much history, culture, and activity packed into such a tiny urban footprint. During this compact, comfortable stroll, we’ll learn about New York’s first dog run; the memorial to the greatest disaster in NYC before 9/11; the annual Charlie Parker Jazz Festival; the American birth of Hare Krishna, and the open space where […]