New York City

 

Alley Pond Park

Alley Pond Park, the second largest Park in the Queens, is known for the view of geological past, colonial history and the present conservation efforts. The Park, with its glacier formed [...]

 

 

Astoria Park

Astoria Park is the largest and oldest in the Queens. The park is popular for its offerings such as aquatic pleasures, beautiful pool, a bandstand, a track, outdoor tennis courts, basketball courts [...]

 

Battery Park

The New York City’s history began in the Battery Park. Battery Park has played a key role in the history of New York in the past 200 years. Battery Park has ready access to the Hudson river [...]

 

 

Blue Heron Park

What was once a wasteland with abandoned cars has been transformed over the years into a peaceful place of meadows, walking trails, streams, woodlands and ponds. Since the parkland was [...]

 

 

Brooklyn Heights Promenade

Brooklyn Heights, although a small park, got its fame after President Abraham Lincoln could not believe his eyes on the finer views of the Promenade. Though most of the area was [...]

 

 

Bryant Park

Till 1840, the site of Bryant Park was used as a potter’s field, a burial place. A reservoir was constructed in the place of New York Public Library. In 1847, the potter’s field was converted into [...]

 

 

Central Park

Central Park is the famed green oasis of Manhattan. It is the fifth largest park in the city. Over 750 various native species of plants and animals are found in the [...]

 

 

Crotona Park

Crotona Park, named after the Greek Colony known for Olympic athletes, has served Bronx community since 1888, when the park was purchased by the New York City [...]

 

 

Flushing Meadows Corona Park

Flushing Meadows Corona Park is a very popular tourist attraction, cultural and recreation hub for the Queens region and the New York city. What was once dumped as a dusty [...]

 

 

Forest Park

Forest Park, as a unique mixture of manmade prizes and natural treasures, attracts a large number of visitors. Forest Park looks like an agrarian delight, with 165 acres of trees [...]

 

 

Madison Square Park

The Park is named after James Madison, the father of the Constitution. The Madison Square Park has hosted grand celebrations to commemorate [...]

 

 

McCarren Park

McCarren Park is equally cherished and valued in Williamsburg and Greenpoint. The park offers home for endless games of soccer, baseball, kickball, handball, boce, football, tennis [...]

 

 

Northern Manhattan Parks

Many of the extraordinary man-made and natural treasures of New York come within the area of Northern Manhattan Parks. In 1935, the 67 acre, Fort Tryon Park, designed by [...]

 

 

Pelham Bay Park

Pelham Bay Park in Bronx is the largest park in the New York and is three times bigger than Central Park, Manhattan. The land was earlier owned by Ann Hutchinson, Siwanoy Indians [...]

 

 

Prospect Park

Prospect Park is a premiere destination for visitors and residents of Brooklyn. The park was designed and constructed during 1865 to 1895, by Calvert Vaux [...]

 

 

Riverside Park

The Riverside Park covering from 14th Street, the shore of Hudson River to Manhattan’s southern tip is a perfect choice for jog, bike ride or walk. With a stretch of 4 miles from [...]

 

 

Rockaway Park

The name Rockaway Peninsula originated from the language of Chippewa and Delaware Native Americans. According to Linguistic experts, ‘Reckonwacky’ means ‘place of our people’ whereas [...]

 

 

The Greenbelt

The Greenbelt is a flagship park of New York City comprising a land of about 3000 acres. The Park in the Staten Island is devoted to a wide range of active and [...]

 

 

Union Square Park

Union Square Park was first opened in 1839 and then redesigned by Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted to accommodate congregations organized by New Yorkers. The Union Square [...]

 

 

Van Cortlandt Park

Van Cortlandt Park is the fourth largest park of New York city. With thousands of acres over the valleys and ridges of the northwest Bronx, the playgrounds and playing fields are scattered [...]