Our mission is to improve the quality of life in and around Greenwich Village’s Jackson Square Park. We seek to maintain Jackson Square as an attractive neighborhood centerpiece and enhance its use for everyone.

As we move further into the 21st Century, we are expanding our scope beyond our beautiful little triangle to other green areas in the West Village, impacting the way we all experience Village life.

And we can only do it with your help.

One of New York City’s oldest parks, what was known as Corlears Park began to be referred to as Jackson Park shortly after the death of the late president Andrew Jackson in 1845. The earliest reference found of the park is in the New York Times in 1853. In 1887, Mayor Abram S. Hewitt promoted a city-wide effort to improve public access to parks and squares and this prompted a new design for Jackson Square. The park underwent renovations in the 1930s with seventeen pin oaks being planted on the perimeter and remained substantially unchanged for over fifty years when a major capital reconstruction project was completed in 1990. This included planting new greenery and restoring the historic iron fencing and benches. The centerpiece was a new cast-iron fountain, evoking the 19th-century origins of the park. In 2008, the Jackson Square Alliance, a 501c3 non-profit organization, was formed to maintain the Square and its environs. And in 2019, another major reconstruction of the park updated its infrastructure, increased electricity capacity, made the paving stones and benches ADA-compliant, and renovated the fountain.

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Your support of Jackson Square Alliance will help insure that Jackson Square Park remains a beautiful, friendly community for generations.

Contributions raised by the JSA are directed toward:

• Security and community programs which improve the quality of life in the park;
• Plantings, tools and supplies for our gardener to maintain and beautify the park;
• Capital improvements made in partnership with the New York City Parks Department.