D.C. is definitely more green than NYC. I think statistics might toss out the Mall and the Ellipse, which basically function as parks. Or they make other mistakes in counting, something like 90% of D.C.'s parks are controlled by some other group than the city park service.
This article claims that 96% of residents live within 1/2 mile of a park.
It turns out D.C. and NYC have almost exactly the same percentage of parks (19.4% and 19.5% respectively).
However, if you look at cities with lower densities, Albuquerque, San Diego and Virginia Beach all handily beat D.C. and NYC as cities with a high percentage of parks.
And later down you can see other interesting figures, like Acres per 1,000 residents (Oakland and D.C. come out on top while NYC comes out much lower (and not surprisingly the parks in NYC are packed full of people on nice days).
This article claims that 96% of residents live within 1/2 mile of a park.
http://dcist.com/2013/06/dc_rated_as_nations_sixth-best_city...
Here's a review of percentages
http://cloud.tpl.org/pubs/ccpe_Acreage_and_Employees_Data_20...
It turns out D.C. and NYC have almost exactly the same percentage of parks (19.4% and 19.5% respectively).
However, if you look at cities with lower densities, Albuquerque, San Diego and Virginia Beach all handily beat D.C. and NYC as cities with a high percentage of parks.
And later down you can see other interesting figures, like Acres per 1,000 residents (Oakland and D.C. come out on top while NYC comes out much lower (and not surprisingly the parks in NYC are packed full of people on nice days).