Free Sledding and Hot Chocolate in NYC Parks Today

The Parks Department invites New Yorkers to come out to a neighborhood park for some winter fun. White-capped hills around the city are open for sledding, snowman-making and more. Parks & Recreation will provide sleds and hot chocolate at selected locations across the city while supplies last from 11am to 3pm, today, March 2, 2009.

Check out the snow fun and sledding locations in each of the five boroughs:

Bronx:
Crotona Park
Fulton Avenue between 172nd Street and Crotona Park North

Brooklyn:
Prospect Park
Prospect Park West at 9th Street

Manhattan:

Riverside Park
Riverside Drive at 103rd Street

Queens:
Lower Highland Park
Jamaica Avenue & Elton Street

Staten Island:
Clove Lakes Park
Martling and Slosson Avenues

For more sledding hills, read aour post on the best sledding hills in New York City.