New Yorkers can stay connected for free at 26 locations in 20 NYC parks across the five boroughs. The five-year initiative was launched last year in partnership with AT&T at no cost to taxpayers. This initiative is part of the longer-term plan to make NYC one of the leading digital cities in the world.
A few of these locations are slated to be live in 2012 so let us know if the Wi-Fi is up and running there!
Manhattan
- Battery Park: Bosque area
- Battery Park: Ferry landing
- Central Park: Mineral Springs (around the restaurant)
- Central Park: Rumsey Playfield
- Central Park: Tavern on the Green
- Central Park: Zoo
- Marcus Garvey Park: Amphitheater
- Thomas Jefferson Park
- Tompkins Square Park: around the field house
- The High Line (2012)
- Holcombe Rucker Park (2012)
Brooklyn
- Brooklyn Bridge Park: Pier 1
- Brooklyn Bridge Park: Pier 6
- Fort Greene Park: around the monument & visitor’s center
- Herbert Von King Park: Amphitheater
- McCarren Park: around the field house
- Prospect Park: around the Picnic House
Bronx
- Joyce Kilmer Park: north playground
- Devoe Park
- Hunts Point Riverside Park (2012)
Queens
- Astoria Park: track & ball fields
- Flushing Meadows Corona Park: Queens Zoo (2012)
- MacDonald Park (2012)
Staten Island
- Clove Lakes Park: ball fields
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach: around the South Fin Restaurant (2012)
This is part 4 of a 10 part series on the NYC tech scene:
- The Rising Tech Scene in NYC: A New Hub for Startups
- The Rising Tech Scene in NYC: Applied Sciences
- The Rising Tech Scene in NYC: Becoming a Digital City
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