Did you know you can make a salad out of weeds you find in Central Park? Or that there are mushrooms you can gather for free that taste just like chicken? There's plenty that you can find and eat in the city's park system and The Wildman Steve Brill is just the guy to show you where and how. Gothamist sat down to chat with New York's best known naturalist about the evils of lawns,......

City Council members decided Tuesday to withdraw a bill that would have challenged the mayor's partial removal of cars from Central and Prospect Parks. The trial restriction prohibits vehicular traffic except for during morning and evening rush hours and allows cross-town traffic to continue through Central Park. The restriction was launched Monday and will run for six months. Central Park and Prospect Park list the exact street closing times on their respective sites. Paul Steely......

Every now and then Gothamist sees Mayor Bloomberg in the lede of a news piece and DOESN'T get upset. This is one of those times. Along with the DOT Commissioner, Iris Weinhall, he announced a six month pilot program that would reduce the number of hours vehicles are allowed in both Central and Prospect Parks. The new traffic regulations go into effect June 5th and will hopefully bring some relief to automobile-weary park goers. The......

Like that view up there? Sure you do. We bear good news about it. Soon enough, if the Parks Department gets the bids it expects, you should be able to sit on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade and enjoy the awesomeness of that view of the Gotham skyline while you read Gothamist on your laptop. Why? Because on top of the free WiFi that should be appearing in Central and Prospect Parks this spring the......