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The City of New York Department of Parks & Recreation (colloquially the Parks Department) is the department of government of the City of New York responsible for maintaining the city’s parks system preserving and maintaining the ecological diversity of the city’s natural areas and furnishing recreational opportunities for city’s residents and visitors.The total area of the properties maintained by the department is over 28000 acres (113 km²).The department maintains more than 1700 parks playgrounds and recreation facilities across the five boroughs.