"Uncle" Vito F. Maranzano Glendale Playground
What was here before? This area was farmland for much of the 19th century. In 1885, the Newtown Board of Education opened S...

100% Playground
In the case of parks, a name often reflects the history of the place and the spirit of the time in which the park was named.&n...

107th Infantry Memorial
Who is this monument dedicated to?Sculptor Karl Illava (1896–1954) created this dynamic bronze figural group depicting s...

123rd Street Playground
What was here before? The site lies within the area settled following the Commissioners’ Plan of 1811. Created b...

132nd Street Community Garden
This garden is named for nearby 132nd Street in Harlem. Colonized by Dutch farmers in the late 1600s, this area was origina...

174th Street Playground
What was here before? This site was once part of the estate of William Watson (1849-1917) known as "Wilmount." Wa...

24 Sycamores Playground
What was here before? Historically, most of this parcel was underwater, with the original East River shoreline cutting along ...

3000 A.D. Diffusion Piece
What is this artwork? Dedicated in 1974, 3000 A.D. Diffusion Piece is a conceptual artwork commissioned through a juried prog...

369th Infantry Regiment Memorial
Who/what is this monument dedicated to? This monument honors the legendary 369th Infantry Regiment, known as the Harlem Hel...

A Bird Named Goldilocks
This whimsical, intimate bronze sculpture was created by Staten Island artist Anne Marie McDonnell and installed in 1995. McD...

A. Philip Randolph Square
What was here before? This section of Harlem was home to the Lenape prior to colonization by Dutch Settlers in the 1660s. S...

A.R.R.O.W. Site Queens Community Garden and Playground
This community garden is named after the neighborhood volunteer group responsible for its conception and final construction in...

ABC Playground
The name of ABC Playground reflects both its location at the northern edge of Alphabet City and its proximity to Public School...

Abe Lebewohl Park
Over a period of forty years, Abe Lebewohl (1931-1996) transformed his Second Avenue Deli into a New York institution, drawing...

Abe Stark Skating Rink and Convention Hall
This facility is named in honor of a man who loved Brooklyn, beneficence, business, and baseball – and not necessaril...

Abe Wolfson Triangle
What was here before? This region was first settled by Dutch in 1651 and established as an English settlement in 1654 by Di...

Abigail Playground
What was here before? This area of the South Bronx was inhabited by the Siwanoy for thousands of years. This Munsee-speakin...

Abingdon Square Doughboy
As its faded inscription reads, this sculpture was “erected by popular subscription in honor of the brave men who went f...

Abingdon Square Park
What was here before? In 1744, Sir Peter Warren, a vice admiral in the British Navy, purchased a three hundred-acre farm in...

Abraham De Peyster Statue
Who is this monument dedicated to? This bronze portrait statue, by American sculptor George Edwin Bissell (1839-1920), depi...