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What the parks & recreation departments around the 718 are doing — registration windows, league signups, pool season, senior programs, and the parades each town’s rec office puts on. This is not a live feed of everything rec: the desk rotates the cards below as the seasons turn. The directory of departments underneath is the permanent part — it’s the answer to “who runs rec in my town.”
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The cards the desk is carrying this week. Each one names its source and the day it was last checked — the department’s own page is always the last word.
Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk is a year-round city park; the lifeguards pack up after Labor Day but the boardwalk, the aquarium and the amusements keep their own seasons.
Everything the rec departments do lands in one of these lanes. Tap one to filter the rotation above.
The permanent directory -- every department links to its own site, where registration, hours and the current guide actually live.
North Brooklyn’s big green -- pool, track, fields and the rec center on the Williamsburg/Greenpoint line.
The neighborhood’s central square -- courts, dog run and the programming that fills it on weekends.
The borough’s 526-acre flagship -- Long Meadow, the lake, bandshell events and the LeFrak Center.
The Shore Road promenade under the Verrazzano -- walking, biking and the ballfields along the Narrows.
Brooklyn’s biggest park -- the Salt Marsh Nature Center, ballfields and miles of marsh trail at the Flatbush end.
Skate plaza, playground and the Brooklyn Children’s Museum garden next door -- Crown Heights’ own green.
The neighborhood’s park since 1871 -- amphitheater, ballfields and the rec center.
The hilltop park with the rec center, pool and the harbor views the neighborhood is named for.
Three miles of public beach and boardwalk -- the People’s Playground is a city park first.
Every city park, playground, rec center and pool in the borough -- the full Brooklyn listing on the Parks Department’s own site.
The rotation is curated by the desk, not scraped live — cards come in when a registration window opens or a town event gets close, and go out when they’re stale. Each card names where it came from and the day it was last checked. Departments run their own pages and their own registration systems; the official link is always the last word.