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Central Park is the sixth-largest park in New York City, behind Pelham Bay Park, the Staten Island Greenbelt, Freshkills Park, Van Cortlandt Park, and Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, [14] with an area of 843 acres (341 ha; 1.317 sq mi; 3.41 km 2).
The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir, also known as Central Park Reservoir, is a decommissioned reservoir in Central Park in the borough of Manhattan, New York City, stretching from 86th to 96th Streets. It covers 106 acres (43 ha) and holds over 1 billion US gal (3.8 million m 3) of water.
The Central Park Association, one of several groups to advocate for the improvement of Central Park, was created in December 1925. [ 30 ] [ 33 ] : 115–116 They opposed the memorial and subsequently succeeded in reversing the city's endorsement of the memorial. [ 34 ]
Beginning in 1990, [25] the Central Park Conservancy, a non-profit organization founded to help restore the park, undertook the reconstruction of Harlem Meer, demolishing the abandoned boathouse, replacing the concrete perimeter curb with a more natural shoreline, and dredging 40,000 cubic yards (31,000 m 3) of sediment and debris from the meer.
The traffic circle, located at Eighth Avenue/Central Park West, Broadway, and 59th Street/Central Park South, was designed as part of Frederick Law Olmsted's 1857 vision for Central Park, which included a rotary on the southwest corner of the park. It abuts the Merchant's Gate, one of the park's eighteen major gates.
A nighttime view of the New York metropolitan area, with Long Island extending 120 miles (190 km) eastward from Manhattan, the area's central core Part of the Palisades Interstate Park, the cliffs of the New Jersey Palisades in Bergen County, New Jersey, overlooking the Hudson River, The Bronx, and Upper Manhattan in New York City Enveloped by ...
The Pond and Hallett Nature Sanctuary in Central Park. Central Park is an urban park in Manhattan, New York City.Central Park is the most visited urban park in the United States, with 40 million visitors in 2013, and one of the most filmed locations in the world.
It is being converted into a park almost three times the size of Central Park and the largest park to be developed in New York City in over 100 years. [43] Plans for the park include a bird-nesting island, public roads, boardwalks, soccer and baseball fields, bridle paths, and a 5,000-seat stadium. [44]