Urban green spaces (UGS) provide health benefits to city dwellers, which may be even more important during times of crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic. However, lack of access to UGS or important features of UGS, in addition to concerns about UGS safety or maintenance, could prevent people from receiving these benefits. We designed an online survey to understand how people were using and perceiving UGS during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City during the spring of 2020. The survey included questions about how people’s visits to UGS and perceptions of the importance of UGS for their health had changed since the start of the pandemic, as well as the concerns people had and features of UGS they considered important. Of the 1372 people who took the survey, most respondents were concerned about a lack of social distancing and crowded UGS, and respondents with these concerns were less likely to visit UGS and had visited UGS less often during than before the pandemic. In addition, generalized linear models showed differences in some concerns and important features of UGS across gender, race and ethnicity, demonstrating the importance of considering specific community needs in UGS design and management. Although concerns about lack of access were not common in our study population, these also appeared to prevent people from using UGS, and were more common in certain areas of the city that were also hard-hit by COVID-19 in the beginning of the pandemic. To ensure that people can get health benefits from UGS during times of crisis, cities must eliminate barriers by providing equitable access to UGS, considering what amenities communities need from UGS, and provide consistent communication about public health policies.

城市绿地 (UGS) 为城市居民提供健康益处，这在 COVID-19 大流行等危机时期可能更为重要。然而，除了对 UGS 安全或维护的担忧之外，无法获得 UGS 或 UGS 的重要特征可能会阻止人们获得这些好处。我们设计了一项在线调查，以了解人们在 2020 年春季纽约市 COVID-19 大流行期间如何使用和感知 UGS。该调查包括有关人们如何访问 UGS 以及对 UGS 对其健康重要性的看法的问题自大流行开始以来，人们的担忧以及他们认为重要的 UGS 特征发生了变化。在接受调查的 1372 人中，大多数受访者担心缺乏社交距离和拥挤的 UGS，有这些担忧的受访者不太可能访问 UGS，并且在大流行期间访问 UGS 的频率低于大流行之前。此外，广义线性模型显示出 UGS 的某些关注点和重要特征在性别、种族和民族方面存在差异，表明在 UGS 设计和管理中考虑特定社区需求的重要性。尽管在我们的研究人群中，对无法访问的担忧并不常见，但这些问题似乎也阻止了人们使用 UGS，并且在大流行初期也受到 COVID-19 重创的城市某些地区更为常见. 为了确保人们在危机时期能够从 UGS 中获得健康益处，城市必须通过提供公平获取 UGS 的机会来消除障碍，考虑社区需要从 UGS 获得哪些便利设施，