The NYC Community Garden Mapping Project (CGMP) gives visitors the opportunity to view interactive maps of Community Gardens. Since 2001, the CGMP web site has provided detailed information about community gardens and open spaces within the context of their surrounding neighborhoods – e.g., vacant lots, abandoned buildings, schools, housing, etc. The web site is used by the general public, urban planners, community boards, city  gardeners, and others interested in New York City land use to help inform neighborhood planning and development decisions.

To access the web site, click here.

Using a web browser, users of the NYC Community Garden Mapping Project can:

• Locate a community garden by garden name, address, block and lot, neighborhood, community board, zip code, or borough;

• View information from the NYC Department of Finance about zoning and ownership of specific properties;

• Find information about a community garden including photos, land ownership, open hours, garden programs, membership and physical features;

• Send information to GrowNYC to update/correct map using the feedback button at the bottom of each page.

• Zoom in/out of a map and pan around a map to view the garden in context of a single block, neighborhood or larger area;

• Create maps showing the gardens in relation to other parcels of land in the area;

• View aerial photos from 1996 and 2004 of the community gardens and surrounding areas;

• Contact GrowNYC to provide us with update/correct information about the gardens;

• Download, view or print static maps of community gardens by community board or city council district (The maps were created in July, 2001. Community Garden Profiles by NYC Council District are using district boundaries as they were prior to redistricting after the 2000 Census so the district boundaries may be different now. Community Boards boundaries are the same now as they were in 2001.)

• Find information about organizations assisting community gardens in NYC;

• New site users can use tutorials to help them get the most out of using the CGMP web site.

The data, photos, and maps are updated periodically by GrowNYC using information provided by the gardeners themselves, GreenThumb, and other sources. Our partners have assisted in this effort.

The Community Garden Mapping Project is a part of OASIS (Open Accessible Space Information Systems), a larger internet-based interactive mapping and data analysis application to enhance the stewardship of open space in New York City. OASIS is a cooperative effort of over 30 not-for-profit organizations, city, state and federal agencies, and corporations.

Funding and technology training/support for the Community Garden Mapping Project has been received by the GrowNYC, Inc. from the Youth, Community Gardens and Urban Environment Initiative of the Philanthropic Collaborative, Inc., the Levitt Foundation, the Conservation Technology Support Program, Environmental Systems Research Institute and Urban Resources Partnership and the NYC Open Accessible Space Information System (OASIS).