Queensboro Oval

What was here before?
This site was part of the land Governor Edmund Andros granted to John Danielson in 1676. After a series of owners, the property became Thomas C. Pearsall’s farm in the early eighteenth century. In 1809 Pearsall also acquired the deed for the Mount Vernon Hotel and property, which bordered his farm to the north. The elegant stone carriage house that accompanied the mansion remains on East 61st Street as a landmarked museum. The Mount Vernon property was leased to various tenants until Pearsall died in 1820 and it was passed to his seven children, who in turn sold the property in 1824 in what became a series of owners.

Maps show buildings lined this block in the 1890s, prior to construction of the Queensboro Bridge completed in in 1909.

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  Tennis Courts

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More About Queensboro Oval

Zip Code:10022
Community Board: 08
Council Member: Julie Menin
Park ID: M070
Acreage: 1.24
Property Type: Recreational Field/Courts

Lost and Found Information

Other Parks Nearby

• Twenty-Four Sycamores Park (0.08 miles)
• Sutton Place Park (0.17 miles)
• St. Catherine's Park (0.42 miles)
• MacArthur Playground (0.55 miles)
• Queensbridge Park (0.63 miles)