Just outside the fence
Along Gramercy Park East and West, and the Park-facing blocks of East 20th and 21st Streets, 41 City-owned street trees frame the neighborhood. They are distinct from the trees inside the Park, which are cared for by the Trustees.
Every one has been measured, brass-tagged and mapped, with a written care plan. The tags run from 41 through 81, giving neighbors a way to connect a familiar tree with its own record.
A canopy with many characters
Twenty ginkgoes and six willow oaks make up much of the inventory. London planes, Japanese zelkovas, Callery pears and paperbark maples share the sidewalks with rarities including a bald cypress and a dawn redwood.
The youngest tree in the July 2026 account is a red maple, number 61. The Gramercy Park Block Association planted it after a storm claimed its predecessor on the east side of the Park.
A record you can explore
ArborScope brings together each tree’s species, measurements and care record. Photographs were still being added when the letter was published. Note a brass-tag number on your next walk, then look up the tree in the public inventory.
Open the public tree inventory
Care, in phases
The written plans guide pruning, root care and treatment. Work proceeds according to need, season and available resources.
Contributions support the Block Association’s overall work, including tree stewardship. Gifts are not earmarked to individual trees.
Sources
Adapted from the Block Association’s published July 27, 2026 letter, “ArborScope: Meet the Forty-One.” Tree counts and examples describe that inventory. Explore the public ArborScope record .