Ralph Bunche Park
This oasis opposite the United Nations honors a titan of 20th century diplomacy. It was named in 1979 for Ralph Johnson Bun...

Ramon Aponte Playground
This playground honors Ramon Aponte who as president of the West 47th (now 47th/48th) Street Block Association initiated the l...

Randall’s Island
Dutch Governor Wouter Van Twiller purchased Randall's Island, then known as Minnahanonck, from Native Americans in 1637. Over ...

Raoul Wallenberg Forest
What was here before?This was the site of a rambling brick mansion erected in 1890 on a grassy hillside estate overlooking the...

Raoul Wallenberg Playground
Raoul Gustav Wallenberg (1912-?) grew up in one of Sweden’s wealthiest and most prominent families. Fluent in Engli...

Rapkin-Gayle Plaza
What was here before? Lenapehoking, the homelands of the Lenape, encompassed territory from Connecticut to Delaware. The vi...

Recreation Center 54
East 54th Street Recreation Center opened in 1911 as a public bathhouse with 79 showers for men and 59 for women. Built during...

Reginald A. Nero Courts
Reginald A. Nero (1920-2010), an Assistant Gardener at Wingate Park for 34 years, contributed to the life of the park and c...

Renaissance Playground
P.S. 194, also known as the Countee Cullen Literacy Academy, was built in 1939. The school playground opened on November 19, ...

Rev. Linnette C. Williamson Memorial Park
The Reverend Linnette C. Williamson (1923-1990) of the Christ Community Church of Harlem, a native of Jamaica, was ordained...

Richard Toussaint Pathway
What was here before?  East Harlem was heavily industrial in the late 1800s to early 1900s. In 1894, the Harlem River Sp...

Richard Tucker
Located in a small park triangle known formerly as Empire Park North and adjacent to Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, t...

Riverside Park
Riverside Park is one of only eight officially designated scenic landmarks in the City of New York. Rugged bluffs and rocky o...

Riverside Park South
What was here before? Built on the former site of the New York Central Railroad’s 60th Street Yard, Riverside Park So...

Rivington Street Playground
This playground, along with the adjacent street honors London born James Rivington (1724-1802), gambler, bookseller, rumored s...

Robert Burns Statue
This statue of Scottish national poet Robert Burns (1759–1796), companion to the 1872 Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)...

Robert Moses Playground
"Parks are the outward visible symbol of democracy." --Robert Moses, 1956 In five decades of public servic...

Robert Wagner Greenstreet
United States Senator Robert F. Wagner (1877-1953) was born in Nastatten, Germany and immigrated with his family in 1886. He ...

Romeo and Juliet
This bronze piece in front of the Delacorte Theater depicts the doomed lovers of celebrated playwright and poet William Shakes...

Roosevelt Triangle
Acquired and dedicated in 1941, this park is named for Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), the 32nd President of the United...