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  2. List of parks in New York City - Wikipedia

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    A map showing major greenspaces in New York City: 1) Central Park, 2) Van Cortlandt Park, 3) Bronx Park, 4) Pelham Bay Park, 5) Flushing Meadows Park, 6) Forest Park, 7) Prospect Park, 8) Floyd Bennett Field, 9) Jamaica Bay, A) Jacob Riis Park and Fort Tilden, B) Fort Wadsworth, C) Miller Field, D) Great Kills Park Central Park is the most visited urban park in the United States.

  3. New York City scenic landmarks - Wikipedia

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    The scenic landmarks include public parks, plazas, and parkways operated by the New York City government. The LPC's rules dictate that scenic-landmark status may be granted to sites with "special character or special historical or aesthetic interest or value" to New York City, New York state, or the U.S. [1] Seven of the twelve scenic landmarks ...

  4. Central Park - Wikipedia

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    June 23, 1980 [ 1 ] Designated NYCL. March 26, 1974 [ 2 ] Central Park is an urban park between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City that was the first landscaped park in the United States. It is the sixth-largest park in the city, containing 843 acres (341 ha), and the most visited urban park in ...

  5. Morningside Park (Manhattan) - Wikipedia

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    Morningside Park is a 30-acre (12-hectare) public park in Upper Manhattan, New York City, United States. The park is bounded by 110th Street to the south, 123rd Street to the north, Morningside Avenue to the east, and Morningside Drive to the west.

  6. The Pond and Hallett Nature Sanctuary - Wikipedia

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    Water trickles down an artificial cascade into the pond. The Hallett Nature Sanctuary is the smallest of Central Park's wooded areas at 4 acres (1.6 ha). [2] Originally known as the Promontory, [3] it is the only permanently fenced-off section of Central Park aside from Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir, occupies 3.5 acres (14,000 m 2) of the wooded promontory to the west of the Pond ...

  7. Bethesda Terrace and Fountain - Wikipedia

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    Bethesda Terrace and Fountain are two architectural features overlooking the southern shore of the Lake in New York City 's Central Park. The fountain, with its Angel of the Waters statue, is located in the center of the terrace. Bethesda Terrace's two levels are united by two grand staircases and a lesser one that passes under Terrace Drive.

  8. Sterling Forest State Park - Wikipedia

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    266,944 (in 2014) [4] Open. All year. Website. Sterling Forest State Park. Sterling Forest State Park is a 22,180-acre (89.8 km 2) state park [5] located in the Ramapo Mountains in Orange County, New York. Established in 1998, it is among the larger additions to the New York state park system in the last 50 years. [3]

  9. Public art in Central Park - Wikipedia

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    New York City's 843-acre (3.41 km 2) Central Park is the home of many works of public art in various media, such as bronze, stone, and tile. Many are sculptures in the form of busts, statues, equestrian statues, and panels carved or cast in low relief. Others are two-dimensional bronze or tile plaques. Some artworks do double-duty as fountains ...