Feb 10, 2012
Also Visit NY State Arts
Parks
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Brooklyn
The Prospect Park Alliance seeks to inspire visitors to take an active role in the preservation of the unique natural, man-made and ultimately urban environments of Prospect Park.
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Brooklyn
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Manhattan
Castle Clinton is an historic monument site operated by the National Park Service in Battery Park, at the very tip of Lower Manhattan. Ferry tickets to Ellis and Liberty Islands are sold here and boats dock behind it. The circular structure is often used for concerts and theatrical performances.
Manhattan
At 2.5 miles long and a half-mile wide, the park is the largest work of art in New York City. In addition to playgrounds and landscaped areas, it holds a zoo, carousel, "castle" and woodlands.
Central Park—Belvedere Castle
Manhattan
Designed in 1867 as a castle scaled down to look remote, this Central Park landmark has been the site of the city's weather station since 1919, and was reincarnated in 1996 as the Henry Luce Nature Observatory.
Manhattan
The Central Park Conservancy, is the caretaker of America's most-frequented urban park. Its educational programs to teach ecology, design and park stewardship to 30,000 students and teachers annually; and offers recreational programs for people of all ages at the North Meadow Recreation Center.
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