Friends of Gantry Neighborhood Parks is a community based volunteer organization dedicated to help care for Gantry Plaza State Park and the Street Trees and City Parks of LIC, NY

Their mission is to enhance the quality of life in Long Island City, NY, by promoting awareness of, concern for and participation in the publicly accessible green and open space in the neighborhood and along the waterfront.

 Friends of Gantry Neighborhood Parks is the community based organization that cares for the street trees and green spaces of the Hunters Point neighborhood of Long Island City in the borough of Queens and is the parent organization of Friends of Gantry Plaza State Park, Inc. that focuses on caring for Gantry Plaza State Park.

Friends was started in 1998 by a group of concerned neighbors in the Hunters Point, Long Island City section of New York City, in the borough of Queens, who wanted to assure that our community’s parks, trees and natural areas are well cared for.
Friends is incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non profit organization — a direct-action environmental group that employs volunteering in hands-on projects as a means of enhancing our neighborhood, and as an educational approach to promote a safer, friendlier and more environmentally sustainable quality of life. (REF from friend of Gantry home page)