Sustainable Food Systems

About the Series:

Join Riverside Park Conservancy’s Sustainability Team for four lectures led by local activists, environmentalists, educators, and composters. All events are free and open to the public and will include time for a Q&A and discussion. Stay tuned on social media and/or sign up for our mailing list at riversideparknyc.org for dates and details.

About the Event:

Join Sycamore May, Director of Sustainability and Communications at Handsome Brook Farms, to learn about the state of the food system in the US and where it is headed.  

The 102nd Street Field House

The Field House is a new indoor venue that we at the Conservancy are excited to share with you! This area of the park is serviced by the m5 bus at 100th Street, as well as the 96th Street 1/2/3 trains.

To access the Field House, enter the park at 99th Street and Riverside Drive (accessible ramp at 97th Street and Riverside Drive), then walk north towards the soccer field and basketball court. The Field House is on the ballfield level at the basketball courts. There will be signage and Conservancy staff to direct you to the location.

Directions from 97th street entrance

1. Take Train to 96th Street Stop
2. Head North to 97th street and make a left towards riverside drive
3. Enter the park at 97th street, there is a ramp and staircase available at this entrance.
4. Once you go down the stairs/ramp, make a right and go north, approximately 4 city blocks, until you reach the fork in the path.
5. At this fork, behind a fence you should see a turf field. Make a left at the fork to head towards that field.
6. Walk along this fence until you see the first opening, enter the field, at the northern end of this field there is a park house. This is the field house!

Directions by car to the 96th Street parking lot

1. Take the Henry Hudson Parkway South until you reach the 96th Street exit.
2. Take this exit and pass Riverside Drive.
3. Drive through the light and go down 95th Street until you get to West End Avenue.
4. Make a left on West End Avenue then make another left at the light to get back on 96th. Street to the highway entrance going north.
5. Stay to your right and take the first exit that says Henry Hudson Parkway south.
6. This exit ramp loops under the highway and begins to go south.
7. Take a right and on this ramp will be the entrance to the free parking lot located at the Red Clay tennis courts.

Directions to Field House from 96th Street parking lot

1. Once parked, exit the lot via the staircase on the north side of the parking lot ( There is also a ramp at the southern part of the lot if needed).
2. Walk along the river - follow the path and stick to the right to go under an overpass into the Park’s interior.
3. Once you reach the fork in the path, keep left.
4. You will see a turf soccer field behind a fence – walk through the entrance.
5. You will see the Field House on the northern edge of the soccer fields.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

102nd Street Field House, 102nd Street Field House, New York, United States