In Jackson Heights, you can find many things, including food from all over the world and street vendors selling special goods — but you can't find many parks.

City Councilman Shekar Krishnan wants to turn a new leaf on the area’s lack of public space.

The neighborhood has one park and one 1.3-mile stretch of open streets, but Krishan says that’s not enough.

Krishnan, along with local residents, is fighting to save a plot of land next to the local Episcopal church. Citing financial issues, the church is looking to sell the plot to a private developer.

But the councilman has an offer of his own.

“The idea we proposed is that the Parks Department buy the play yard and turn it into a small public park, and that way we protect and preserve the greenspace, and that also provides the church

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