Lafayette Square
Lafayette Square is named in honor of the prominent French statesman and military leader Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert D...

Lajos Kossuth Monument
For many years on March 15th, Hungarian Independence Day has been celebrated on Riverside Drive at the monument to patriot Laj...

Langston Hughes Playground
What was here before?Originally settled by Dutch farmers in the late 1600s, the area was first named Nieuw Haarlem. After the ...

Lehman Gates
Who is this monument named for? The zoo was first known as the Lehman Zoo for Children, as funds for its construction were ...

Levy Gate
This two-leaved gate ornamented with animal figures was a gift of the Irving and Estelle Levy Foundation and is named for t...

Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino Park
This small park, named for heroic police officer Lt. Joseph Petrosino, is at a crossroads of several dynamic New York neighbor...

Lillian Wald Playground
This playground on the grounds of P.S. 188 at Houston Street and Baruch Drive honors the humanitarian, public health pioneer, ...

Lillian Wald Playground
This playground at Cherry, Gouverneur, Monroe, and Montgomery Streets on Manhattan's Lower East Side honors the humanitarian, ...

Lily Brown Playground
This playground honors the memory of Lily Brown (1913-1996), a community leader and lifelong resident of upper Manhattan. She...

Linda’s Lawn
Linda Stone Davidoff (1941-2003) devoted herself tirelessly to the city and its people as a planner, advocate and public serva...

Little Flower Playground
This playground, formerly La Guardia Houses Park, refers to the popular nickname of New York City mayor Fiorello H. La Guar...

Little Red Square
What was here before? The Bethlehem Church, built in 1920 by the firm George B. Post and Sons, formerly occupied the space ...

Loeb Boat House
Boating has a long and rich history in Central Park. The first recorded boating concession was established in the early 1860s...

Loeb Playground
Born in Russia, Sophie Irene Simon Loeb (1876-1929) immigrated with her family to the United States when she was six years old...

Lombard Lamp
This ornate cast-iron and aluminum street lamp is a replica of the historic streetlights that adorn the Lombard Bridge in Hamb...

Lt. William Tighe Triangle (Ring Garden)
This park honors Lieutenant William Tighe (1887-1944), an Inwood community leader and a veteran of two world wars. Long b...

Ludwig Van Beethoven Statue
This sculpture, situated in the part of Central Park traditionally set aside for public concerts, depicts the famous German co...

Luther Gulick Playground
What was here before? This was once the site of the printing press factory of R. Hoe and Company. Their main headquarters w...