Hamilton Fish Park
In 1900 the park, featuring the gymnasium and playground, was completed. The Hamilton Fish Park Gymnasium is a...

Hamilton Fish Pool
For outdoor pool details, including hours and rules, please visit our Free Outdoor Pools page. What was here before? A f...

Hamilton Fountain
This ornate, baroque-styled marble fountain is named for Robert Ray Hamilton (1851-1890) a prominent businessman, landowner an...

Hamilton Grange
What was here before? Before the arrival of Europeans and enslaved people, the Lenape lived on the land that was named Mana...

Hamilton Playground
One of the most eminent statesmen of the Colonial Days, Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) was also the most distinguished residen...

Hancock Park
This park is named for celebrated Civil War leader Winfield Scott Hancock (1824-1886).  Hancock was born in Montgomery Sq...

Hans Christian Andersen Monument
“To be born in a duck’s nest, in a farmyard, is of no consequence to a bird, if it is hatched from a swan’s ...

Hansborough Recreation Center
The 134th Street Bathhouse opened to the public on June 1, 1925 under the auspices of Manhattan Borough President Julius Mille...

Happy Warrior Playground
Located at West 98th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, this playground and the adjoining school honor four-term New York Governor A...

Hare Krishna Tree
One of Tompkins Square Park’s most prominent features is its collection of venerable American elm (Ulmus americana) tre...

Harlem Hybrid
Harlem Hybrid was dedicated in 1976, and is a site-specific assemblage sculpture made of polished and welded industrial bronze...

Harlem River Drive
The Harlem River Drive takes its name from the river it follows. Known as Muscoota to the American Indians, the Harlem River ...

Harlem River Park
The name Harlem comes from the Dutch city of Haarlem. When New York was New Amsterdam, this section in northern Manhattan was ...

Harlem Success Garden
This segment of 134th Street honors Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955), whose life work mirrors the way this garden has functione...

Heather Garden
After John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (1874–1960) began acquiring parcels of land for what would become Fort Tryon Park, he emp...

Heckscher Playground
This playground commemorates August Heckscher Sr. (1848-1941)--real estate magnate, financier, philanthropist, and grandfather...

Hell Gate Public Restroom
Perched on a knoll overlooking the East River and framed by the monumental RFK (Triboro) and Hell Gate bridges, this little mu...

Hell's Kitchen Park
The name Hell’s Kitchen was apparently first given to the block on West 39th Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues by l...