amazing what one person can do — our next door neighbor, who granted worked for the city parks, personally got all the trees planted along w14st from 8av-9av.
anyhoo, via lidar and volunteers nyc happens to be currently doing its latest extremely thorough tree count census, which continues into this spring 2026 —
Trees Count
Our urban forest is alive — and growing. Trees Count equips us with information vital for its well-being and care.
Every ten years, we take stock of every public tree across the five boroughs. Our current Trees Count is our most ambitious tree census yet. Just like the U.S. Census helps us understand people, this count helps us understand and care for the trees that make our city livable, resilient, and beautiful.
In our first year, more than 2,500 volunteers joined us to count trees in hundreds of parks across the city. Now, in our second year, we’re looking for even more people to come out. Join us and start counting!
more:
https://www.nycgovparks.org/reg/trees-count/
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Some facts uncovered by previous NYC tree surveys:
Only 19% of NYC’s individually tended trees (as opposed to those growing in forest settings) are on landscaped parkland; the rest are street trees
More than a third of all trees in NYC are growing in Queens
The city’s street trees sequester 57,000 tons of CO2 each year — that’s the equivalent of removing 11,700 cars from the city’s roadways
In spite of those dire warnings handwritten and posted in tree wells near your building, at last count, 79.4% of our city trees were judged to be in good condition
Down for the count? Sign up here, or learn more about the program here.
more:
https://inhabit.corcoran.com/in-nyc-a-tree-census-takes-root/
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