Park becomes an important element in a city development, according to its functions as an open space to support ecological, economic and social functions. One activity supporting a park in developing countries is the existence of street vendors. Such activity will result in troubles for many parties if it is not paid a good response to deal with. This study is aimed at examining the effect of street vendors on the functions of park as a public space. It used a qualitative methodology in addition to literature review analysis technique and content analysis to examine various case studies in big cities of Indonesia. The result is that street vendors’ activities have positive impacts on social and economy, but negative ones on ecology.
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