Parks in New York

Central Park is an 843-acre masterwork of landscape design in the heart of Manhattan, stretching 2.5 miles long and half a mile wide. It is the most visited urban park in the United States, welcoming 42 million visitors annually.

Brooklyn Bridge Park is an 85-acre waterfront park stretching 1.3 miles along the Brooklyn side of the East River, offering some of the most spectacular views of the Manhattan skyline anywhere in the city.

Roosevelt Island is a narrow, 2-mile-long island in the East River between Manhattan and Queens, offering a surprisingly tranquil, car-free residential community with dramatic skyline views from both sides.

Flushing Meadows–Corona Park is a 900-acre park in Queens built for the 1939 and 1964 World's Fairs. Home to the iconic Unisphere globe, the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center (US Open), and Citi Field (New York Mets), it is Queens' equivalent of Central Park.

Prospect Park is Brooklyn's 585-acre masterpiece of landscape design, created by the same designers as Central Park (Olmsted and Vaux) and considered by them to be their superior work.

The High Line is a 1.45-mile elevated park built on a historic freight rail line 30 feet above the streets of Manhattan's West Side, combining innovative landscape design, public art, and dramatic urban views.

Governors Island is a 172-acre park in New York Harbor, accessible by a short free ferry ride from Lower Manhattan or Brooklyn. Once a military base, it has been transformed into a public park with art installations, rolling hills, and spectacular skyline views.

The Battery (formerly Battery Park) is a 25-acre public park at the southern tip of Manhattan, the departure point for the Statue of Liberty ferries and home to spectacular harbor views.

Hudson River Park is a five-mile linear park stretching along Manhattan's entire west side from Battery Park to 59th Street. With dedicated bike paths, restored piers, sports facilities, and waterfront gardens, it is the city's premier outdoor recreation corridor.

Bryant Park is a beautifully manicured 9.6-acre public park behind the New York Public Library in Midtown, offering a sophisticated urban oasis with year-round programming.

Washington Square Park is a 9.75-acre public park at the foot of Fifth Avenue in Greenwich Village, anchored by the iconic marble Washington Square Arch and serving as the symbolic heart of NYU and bohemian New York.

The New York Botanical Garden is a 250-acre National Historic Landmark in the Bronx, featuring 50 specialty gardens, a 50-acre old-growth forest, and the stunning Enid A. Haupt Conservatory — a massive Victorian-era glass greenhouse.

Riverside Park is a four-mile linear park along the Hudson River on Manhattan's Upper West Side, stretching from 59th to 158th Street. Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted (co-designer of Central Park), it offers a quieter, more local atmosphere than its famous neighbor across town.

Little Island is a free, fantastical 2.4-acre public park built on 132 concrete tulip-shaped pillars rising from the Hudson River at Pier 55. It is New York's most imaginative and whimsical new public space.

Fort Tryon Park is a 67-acre hilltop park in northern Manhattan, featuring the Heather Garden (the largest public garden in New York City), sweeping Hudson River views, and The Cloisters museum. Designed by the Olmsted Brothers, it is one of New York's most beautiful and undervisited parks.

Inwood Hill Park occupies the northern tip of Manhattan and contains the island's last remaining natural forest, old-growth tulip trees, and the only salt marsh left on the island. It is as close to pre-colonial Manhattan as you can experience.

Domino Park is a stunning 6-acre waterfront park in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, built on the site of the former Domino Sugar Refinery — the largest sugar refinery in the world for over a century.