Central Park
Central Park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, America's greatest landscape architect, and Calvert Vaux in 1858. (Olmsted and Vaux also designed Morningside Park in Harlem; Riverside Park, flanking the Hudson River; an... nyc-arts.org
Roberto Clemente State Park
Roberto Clemente State Park is a 25-acre waterfront park located along the Harlem River in the Bronx. The park offers a variety of recreational and cultural activities year-round for youth, adults, senior citizens and the physi... state.ny
Riverbank State Park
Riverbank State Park Information Spring/Summer 2009 Skating Schedule (pdf) 2009 Riverbank Youth Football Program Information (pdf) Aquatics Complex Schedule-Rules and Regulations, Summer 2009 (pdf) 2009 Spring/Summer Program Gu... state.ny
Bryant Park Reading Room
The original Reading Room began in August of 1935 as a public response to the Depression Era job losses in New York. Many people did not have anywhere to go during the day, and no prospects for jobs. The New York Public Lib... nyc-arts.org
Gantry Plaza State Park
- Gantry Plaza State Park is a 2.5-acre riverside oasis that boasts spectacular views of the midtown Manhattan skyline, including the Empire State Building and the United Nations. Enjoy a relaxing stroll along the park?s f... wildernet.com
Liberty Science Center
The all new Liberty Science Center offers hundreds of exhibitions in eight expansive new galleries and amazing films in the nation's largest IMAX Dome Theater with a screen 88 feet in diameter. Exhibitions include interactiv... visitnj.org
Castle Clinton
This sandstone fort was built in 1811 as one of five forts erected to defend New York Harbor. The fort originally stood on a small island that was linked to Manhattan by a 200-foot wooden causeway and drawbridge. In the 1850s, ... hmdb.org
Battery Park
The Battery is one of New York City?s oldest public open spaces. Located at the tip of Manhattan overlooking New York Harbor, the Battery hosted Dutch settlers when they came to Manhattan Island and established New Amster... famplosion.com
Empire/fulton Ferry State Park
Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park is a nine-acre waterfront park along the East River in Brooklyn located between the historic Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges. With its sprawling lawn and riverfront boardwalk, Empire Fulton F... famplosion.com
Prospect Park
Three off leash areas: The Longmedow, The Nethermead, and The Peninsula Meadow. Prospect Park is one of New York Cities best parks and is about 563 acres. The park is also used by joggers, cyclists, Frisbee players, baseba... ecoanimal.com
Federal Hall National Memorial
Federal Hall has been the site of government activity for more than 300 years. Since 1699 two buildings have stood on the site, each playing a role in national historic events. The first was, in fact, New York's third City ... nyc-arts.org
African Burial Ground National Monument
In May of 1991, on a lot at the corner of Duane and Elk Streets, part of an 18th-century burial ground for people of African descent was discovered. To date 427 graves, winding through five city blocks, have been found. Res... nyc-arts.org
General Grant National Memorial
Dedicated in 1897, the General Grant National Memorial is the largest mausoleum in America. Its sheer size reflects the immense reverence Americans felt for this former general and president, who was considered the savior o... nyc-arts.org
Statue Of Liberty
Everyone is familiar with the Statue of Liberty as a symbol of the promise of America, but few are probably aware that, for a few years early in its existence, it was also officially a lighthouse, and under the aut... lighthousefriends.com
Washington Square Park
Separate play space for 2-5 year olds (tot lot). Surrounded by NYU and Greenwich Village and covering nearly 10 acres, Washington Square Park has long been known as a meeting ground for students, local residents, tourists and... kaboom.org
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
Vanderbilt Mansion NHS, in terms of architecture, interiors, mechanical systems, road systems and landscape, is a remarkably complete example of a gilded-age country place, illustrating the political, economic, social, cultural,... nps.gov
Fort Lee Historic Park
Beneath these cliffs, Henry Hudson?s Half-Moon was welcomed by the Lenni Lenape Indians on September 3, 1609. Nearly 167 years later, this giant Bluff Rock became a strategic stronghold in the American War for Independence as t... hmdb.org
Hamilton Grange National Monument
Hamilton Grange National Memorial, located at 287 Convent Avenue, preserves the home of founding father Alexander Hamilton. Born and raised in the West Indies, Hamilton came to New York in 1772 at age 17 to study finance ... museumland.net