Name

Central Park

Description

Central Park is an urban park between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City, United States. It is the fifth-largest park in the city, containing 843 acres, and the most visited urban park in the United States, with an estimated 42 million visitors annually as of 2016. The creation of a large park in Manhattan was first proposed in the 1840s, and a 778-acre park approved in 1853. In 1857, landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux won a design competition for the park with their "Greensward Plan". Construction began the same year; existing structures, including a majority-Black settlement named Seneca Village, were seized through eminent domain and razed. The park's first areas were opened to the public in late 1858. Additional land at the northern end of Central Park was purchased in 1859, and the park was completed in 1876. After a period of decline in the early 20th century, New York City parks commissioner Robert Moses started a program to clean up Central Park in the 1930s.

Nearby attractions

1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028

1071 5th Ave, New York, NY 10128

200 Central Prk W, New York, NY 10024

200 Central Prk W, New York, NY 10024

New York, NY 10024

61 E 77th St, New York, NY 10075

1280 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10028

E 74th St, New York, NY 10021

Central Park, Bow Bridge, New York, NY 10024

2 E 91st St, New York, NY 10128

Nearby restaurants

509 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10024

EAST 72ND ST +, Center Dr, New York, NY 10021

366 Columbus Ave, New York, NY 10024

154 East 86th St, New York, NY 10028

1226 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10028

491 Columbus Ave, New York, NY 10024

1022 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10075

520 Columbus Ave, New York, NY 10024

368 Columbus Ave, New York, NY 10024, United States

502 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10024

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