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Greenways

Greenways provide safe and accessible corridors for transportation and active recreation through parks and on streets. NYC DOT is responsible for the planning, design and implementation of greenways on city streets.

Adopt A Greenway

Cyclists ride on a sunny day in a separated greenway on Van Brunt Ave in Red Hook.

Adopt A Greenway

The Adopt A Greenway (AAG) program offers civic-minded companies and individuals an opportunity to enhance New York City's greenways by adopting greenway segments throughout Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx. A clear maintenance strategy is a potential hurdle for greenway designs that straddle jurisdictions. For example, paths are often located between roadways that are swept by Department of Sanitation and sidewalks which are maintained by private property owners. AAG is a framework that addresses current issues along the greenway, provides a maintenance structure for future design, and acts a model for other greenways and plaza spaces throughout the city.

To Adopt A Greenway:

A sponsor has the option to use its own workforce to perform maintenance services or to hire a Maintenance Provider to perform all or a portion of the maintenance services on its behalf.
Those who wish to adopt a greenway segment must commit to a minimum of a two-year adoption agreement.
Sponsors and Maintenance Providers are recognized with signage that DOT installs along AAG segments.
Segments are available for adoption on a first-come first-served basis.
The organization intending to perform the maintenance tasks will be required to submit a Maintenance Provider Application. Request and submit a Maintenance Provider Application by contacting DOT at adoptagreenway@dot.nyc.gov.

View a list of need-to-know terms, acronyms and definitions related to the Adopt A Greenway process here.

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