Fort Greene Park Conservancy

The Fort Greene Park Conservancy (FGPC), in partnership with the City of New York and the community, enhances Fort Greene Park’s function as one of Brooklyn’s primary green spaces and strengthens the culturally diverse Fort Greene community through programming and park conservation. FGPC’s free summer programming attracts over attendees per year with a diverse portfolio of events including music festivals, kids concerts, historic walking tours, horticultural volunteer events, and other community programming. Brooklyn's first official park, Fort Greene Park is a 30-acre public park owned and maintained by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. It was first championed by the borough's most famous poet, Walt Whitman, and designed by the landscape architectural team of Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. The park's McKim, Mead, and White–designed Prison Ship Martyrs Monument commemorates the sacrifice of more than 11,500 prisoners of war who died in captivity during the Revolutionary War, whose collected remains are interred in the park. Today, the park finds itself at the center of one of Brooklyn's most diverse, vibrant neighborhoods.