Sakura Park
Located between Riverside Church and International House, Sakura Park owes its name to the more than 2,000 cherry trees delive...

Samuel Marx Triangle
Located at the intersection of St. Nicholas Avenue, West 115th Street, and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard, this triangle is nam...

Samuel N. Bennerson Park
This park honors Samuel N. Bennerson II (1923-1970), a local leader active in the Amsterdam-Phipps community. Born to parents ...

Samuel Seabury Playground
This playground honors the late Judge Samuel Seabury (1873-1958), a renowned public servant who was a direct descendent of the...

Samuel Sullivan Cox
Samuel Sullivan “Sunset” Cox (1824–1889) was born in Zanesville, Ohio, and served his home state as a Dem...

Samuel Tilden Statue
William Ordway Partridge (1861–1930) sculpted this bronze, larger-than-life figure of attorney and public servant Samuel...

Sara Delano Roosevelt Park
When this park was named in 1934 after Sara Delano Roosevelt (1854 -1941), mother of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ...

Sauer Park
World War I soldier Joseph C. Sauer (1896-1918) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His family moved to the Lower East ...

Scan Community Playground
The Supportive Children’s Advocacy Network (SCAN) of New York, a citywide youth services agency operating out of East Ha...

Schiff Mall
This parkland honors philanthropist and financier Jacob H. Schiff (1847-1920). Born to a middle-class Jewish family in Frankf...

Sculptures at the Zoo
Animal sculptures abound in Central Park, but the largest concentration can be found in or near the Wildlife Center. In 1934,...

Seligman Fountain
This striking bronze sculpture by Edgar Walter (1877-1938) is also known as Bear and Faun.  It was dedicated in 1914 in m...

Seneca Village
What was here before? Seneca Village was located from 82nd to 89th Streets between Seventh and Eighth Avenues in what is no...

September 11, 2001 Living Memorial Grove
This grove of flowering trees is a living memorial dedicated to the tragic events of September 11th, 2001. It is one of five L...

Septuagesimo Uno
Septuagesimo Uno (meaning seventy-one in Latin) is located on 71st Street between West End and Amsterdam Avenues. This parkla...

Seventy-Ninth Street Boat Basin
Parks & Recreation created this Boat Basin for the people of New York and the recreational boaters of the world. Frederick ...

Seward Park
Named for the New York statesman famous for orchestrating the purchase of Alaska in 1867, Seward Park, one of the largest park...

Seward Park - Beavers in New York City
In the early 17th century, the Dutch East India Company sent navigator Henry Hudson westward to discover the Northwest Passage...

Sgt. Joseph E. Schaefer Oval
Joseph E. Schaefer (1918-1987) was a resident of Richmond Hill who distinguished himself in World War II for having repelled, ...

Sheep Meadow
Like all the landscapes in Central Park, this beautiful 15 acre lawn known as Sheep Meadow is man-made. The Greensward Plan of...