Editing Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan (section)

==Parks and recreation==
[[File:Hells Kitchen 1453.JPG|thumb|Hell's Kitchen Park]]

Hell's Kitchen's side streets are mostly lined with trees. The neighborhood does not have many parks or recreational areas, though smaller plots have been converted into green spaces.

One such park is [[DeWitt Clinton Park]] on Eleventh Avenue between 52nd and 54th Streets.<ref>[http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/de-witt-clinton-park De Witt Clinton Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225010717/http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/de-witt-clinton-park |date=February 25, 2016 }}, [[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation]]. Accessed June 6, 2016.</ref> It is across the West Side Highway from [[Hudson River Park#Amenities|Clinton Cove Park]]. Another is [[Hell's Kitchen Park]], built in the 1970s on a former parking lot on 10th Avenue between 47th and 48th Streets.<ref name="hells-kitchen-park">{{cite web |url=http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/hells-kitchen-park/history |title=Hell's Kitchen Park Highlights |publisher=[[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation]] |access-date=October 23, 2011 |archive-date=December 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207072901/http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/hells-kitchen-park/history |url-status=live }}</ref>

A newer park in Hell's Kitchen is the [[Hudson Park and Boulevard]], which is part of the [[Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Hogan |first=Gwynne |title=New Park Begins Transformation of Industrial Hudson Yards District |website=DNAinfo New York |date=August 13, 2015 |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150813/hells-kitchen-clinton/new-park-begins-transformation-of-industrial-hudson-yards-district |access-date=August 20, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150816191648/http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150813/hells-kitchen-clinton/new-park-begins-transformation-of-industrial-hudson-yards-district |archive-date=August 16, 2015 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

The {{cvt|100|by|150|foot|m}} Clinton Community Garden is located on West 48th Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues, and consists of 108 plots. Previously a haven for illegal activity, in 1978 the West 48th Street Block Association joined with the [[Green Guerillas]] to secure a lease for the site to renovate it for community use. When the city put it up for auction in 1981, residents formed the Committee to Save Clinton Community Garden, through appeals to Mayor [[Ed Koch]] and unsuccessful efforts to purchase the site.<ref>[https://www.nycgovparks.org/about/history/community-gardens/greatness "Tales of Gardening Greatness: Hattie Carthan Community Garden"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721234252/https://www.nycgovparks.org/about/history/community-gardens/greatness |date=July 21, 2016 }}. [[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation]]. Accessed January 14, 2019.</ref>

In 1984, one month before the auction, the garden was transferred to the city's [[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation|Parks Department]], making it the first community garden to become parkland. It is open from dawn to dusk. Over 2,000 residents have keys to the park, which is used by an average of 500–600 people, including over 100 children, during the warm months. Recreational events include an annual Summer Solstice event, art shows, chamber music picnics, gardening seminars, and dance recitals. Residents have held weddings in the park, and photographers have used it for photo shoots.<ref>[https://www.nycgovparks.org/about/history/community-gardens/greatness "Tales of Gardening Greatness: Hattie Carthan Community Garden"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721234252/https://www.nycgovparks.org/about/history/community-gardens/greatness |date=July 21, 2016 }}. [[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation]]. Accessed January 14, 2019.</ref>