Central Park

Central Park

Address

65th Street Transverse

New York, NY 10065 

Phone

(212) 794-6564

Area

Neighborhood

Midtown West

Web Page

http://www.centralparknyc.org/

Type of Makom

Parks Type

Park

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Description

From Wikipedia: Central Park is a large public, urban park in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. With about twenty-five million visitors annually, Central Park is the most visited city park in the United States. It is run by the Central Park Conservancy, a private, not-for-profit organization that manages the park under a contract with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.

Central Park is bordered on the north by West 110th Street, on the west by Central Park West, on the south by West 59th Street, and on the east by Fifth Avenue. Along the park's borders, these streets are usually referred to as Central Park North, Central Park West, and Central Park South, respectively. (Fifth Avenue retains its name along the eastern border.)

It contains several natural-seeming lakes and ponds, extensive walking tracks, two ice-skating rinks, the Central Park Zoo, the Central Park Conservatory Garden, a wildlife sanctuary, a large area of natural woods, a 106 acre billion gallon reservoir, an outdoor amphitheater which hosts the Shakespeare in the Park summer festival, and grassy areas used for informal or team sports or set aside as quiet areas, as well as playground enclosures for children. The park is an oasis for migrating birds, and thus is popular with bird watchers. [1]

Tips

• On a nice day (especially Sunday), the park may be very crowded, making it difficult to walk side-by-side.
• There are horses available on the streets adjoining the park for buggy rides. Beware the smell.

See also

• Wollman Rink in Central Park
• Victorian Gardens in Central Park
• Boating in Central Park
• Conservatory Garden
• Lasker Rink in Central Park

External links

• SummerStage